Cuthbert Allan SINCLAIR
Born: 20 April 1885, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 28 January 1958, , Manitoba, Canada
Died: 28 January 1958, , Manitoba, Canada
Married: Harriet Louisa HARRIOTT 5 December 1906
Thomas
SINCLAIR
Born
9 April 1841
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St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
Died
3 August 1888
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St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
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Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE
Marriage date: 5 April 1882
Marriage place: St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE was the child of Thomas TRUTHWAITE and Catherine MCDERMOT
Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITEMarriage date: 5 April 1882
Marriage place: St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE was the child of Thomas TRUTHWAITE and Catherine MCDERMOT
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Birth — 18419 April 1841
St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1882 Marriage / PartnerThomas SINCLAIR and Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE 5 April 1882, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
He was 41 years old.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 Birth of ChildCuthbert Allan SINCLAIR was born 20 April 1885, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Thomas was 44 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.
Death — 18883 August 1888
St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
He died at the age of 47.
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