Jackson Thomas ABRAY

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24 September 1855 , London, Canada West

Died

9 April 1944 , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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John ABRAY Hannah UNKNOWN

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Born: 24 September 1855 in London, Canada West

Father: John ABRAY

Mother: Hannah UNKNOWN

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Jackson Thomas married Abigail Maud MARTIN 2 October 1888 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail Maud MARTIN was born 2 October 1870 in Goderich, Ontario, Canada. Abigail Maud died 10 June 1924 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Abigail Maud was the child of William John MARTIN and Ellen Jane SIMMONS.

Jackson Thomas ABRAY died 9 April 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Abigail Maud MARTIN
Marriage date: 2 October 1888
Marriage place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Abigail Maud MARTIN was the child of William John MARTIN and Ellen Jane SIMMONS

Children of Jackson Thomas ABRAY and Abigail Maud MARTIN

Aida Maude ABRAY

Born: 3 August 1890, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died: 17 January 1982, North Kamloops, Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada

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Birth — 1855
24 September 1855
London, Canada West

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Marriage / Partner
Jackson Thomas ABRAY and Abigail Maud MARTIN 2 October 1888, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Birth of Child
Aida Maude ABRAY was born 3 August 1890, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jackson Thomas was 34 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))