Alonzo HOUGHTON

Born

3 March 1857 , Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

abt. 1928 , Nova Scotia, Canada

Alonzo married Isabel Sophia COFFIN 4 April 1885 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabel Sophia COFFIN was born 10 August 1862 in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. Isabel Sophia died 20 July 1935 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Isabel Sophia was the child of John COFFIN and Abigail TERFRY .

Parents & Family of Alonzo HOUGHTON

Parents of Alonzo HOUGHTON

Father

Jacob HOUGHTON

Mother

Mary Ann SHANAHAN

Grandparents of Alonzo HOUGHTON

Paternal grandparents

Richard HOUGHTON Lucy MELVIN

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alonzo HOUGHTON

Alonzo HOUGHTON married

Isabel Sophia COFFIN
Marriage date: 4 April 1885
Marriage place: Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Isabel Sophia COFFIN was the child of John COFFIN and Abigail TERFRY

Children of Alonzo HOUGHTON and Isabel Sophia COFFIN

Hildred Bessie HOUGHTON

Born: 27 April 1882, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 28 July 1952, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Colin Angus CAMPBELL 1927

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Birth — 1857
3 March 1857
Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, 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)

1882 Birth of Child
Hildred Bessie HOUGHTON was born 27 April 1882, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Alonzo was 25 years old.

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

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

1885 Marriage / Partner
Alonzo HOUGHTON and Isabel Sophia COFFIN 4 April 1885, Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 28 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)

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