William Silas SMITH

(b. 16 October 1862 , North Dorchester, Middlesex, Upper Canada d. 3 January 1932 , Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada )

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William Silas SMITH was born 16 October 1862 in North Dorchester, Middlesex, Upper Canada

William Silas SMITH was the child of ? and ?

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William Silas married Esther Mary "Etta" HUFFMON 26 April 1883 in Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Esther Mary "Etta" HUFFMON was born 12 August 1857 in Flamborough, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Esther Mary "Etta" died 22 December 1937 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville).

William Silas SMITH died 3 January 1932 in Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
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William Silas SMITH married

Esther Mary "Etta" HUFFMON-- Date: 26 April 1883 Place: Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Children of William Silas SMITH and Esther Mary "Etta" HUFFMON:

Ethel Clarissa "Clara" SMITH (b.2 December 1883, Dorchester, Ontario, Canada d. , )
m. John Henry MULLEN 13 June 1906

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1862 Birth
16 October 1862
North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

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)

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1883 Marriage / Partner
William Silas SMITH and Esther Mary "Etta" HUFFMON 26 April 1883, Ingersoll, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Ethel Clarissa "Clara" SMITH was born 2 December 1883, Dorchester, Ontario, Canada

William Silas was 21 years old.

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.

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

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))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada