John Edward HARRIOTT

Born

29 June 1842 , Fort Carlton, North West Territories (Saskatchewan), Canada

Died

31 May 1924 , St Andrews, Manitoba, Canada

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John Edward HARRIOTT Nancy ROWAND

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Born: 29 June 1842 in Fort Carlton, North West Territories (Saskatchewan), Canada

Father: John Edward HARRIOTT

Mother: Nancy ROWAND

Maternal grandparents: John ROWAND , Louise Lisette HUMPHREVILLE

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John Edward married Jane TAYLOR 16 May 1872 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jane TAYLOR was born 28 August 1852 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Cochrane District, Canada West. Jane died 20 March 1943 in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. Jane was the child of Samuel TAYLOR and Nancy MCKAY.

John Edward HARRIOTT died 31 May 1924 in St Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.
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John Edward HARRIOTT married

Jane TAYLOR
Marriage date: 16 May 1872
Marriage place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jane TAYLOR was the child of Samuel TAYLOR and Nancy MCKAY

Children of John Edward HARRIOTT and Jane TAYLOR

Harriet Louisa HARRIOTT

Born: 31 December 1877, Mapleton, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 28 March 1951, St Andrews Parish, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Cuthbert Allan SINCLAIR 5 December 1906

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Birth — 1842
29 June 1842
Fort Carlton, North West Territories (Saskatchewan), 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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
John Edward HARRIOTT and Jane TAYLOR 16 May 1872, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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.

1877 Birth of Child
Harriet Louisa HARRIOTT was born 31 December 1877, Mapleton, Manitoba, Canada

John Edward was 35 years old.

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.

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))