James HENDERSON

Born

3 September 1839 , Como, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

Died

29 April 1910 , North Ely, Shefford, Quebec, Canada

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George HENDERSON Bridget GOWLING

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Born: 3 September 1839 in Como, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

Father: George HENDERSON

Mother: Bridget GOWLING

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James married Hannah DAVIDSON 27 April 1869 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah DAVIDSON was born 19 November 1851 in Boscobel, Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. Hannah died 31 October 1925 in Ely, Shefford, Quebec, Canada. Hannah was the child of William Wilkinson DAVIDSON and Mary LANCASTER.

James HENDERSON died 29 April 1910 in North Ely, Shefford, Quebec, Canada.
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Hannah DAVIDSON
Marriage date: 27 April 1869
Marriage place: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Hannah DAVIDSON was the child of William Wilkinson DAVIDSON and Mary LANCASTER

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St James Methodist Church

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of James HENDERSON and Hannah DAVIDSON

Dinah Jane "Dee" HENDERSON

Born: 16 January 1885, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada
Died: 18 November 1959, Falls Church, Virginia, USA

Married: Henry Charles LAFRANCE 19 April 1900 Place: Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton)

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Birth — 1839
3 September 1839
Como, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
James HENDERSON and Hannah DAVIDSON 27 April 1869, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Dinah Jane "Dee" HENDERSON was born 16 January 1885, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Québec, Canada (Shefford)

James was 45 years old.

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)

1900 Marriage of Child
Dinah Jane "Dee" HENDERSON married 19 April 1900, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Roxton) to Henry Charles LAFRANCE

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)