Charles DEMERCHANT

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16 December 1838 , Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

February 1907 , Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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John DEMERCHANT Levina Louisa GINSON

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Born: 16 December 1838 in Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John DEMERCHANT

Mother: Levina Louisa GINSON

Paternal grandparents: John Cuffman DEMERCHANT , Mary Euella POMPHREY

Maternal grandparents: Robert GINSON (GENSON) , Mary PORTER

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Charles married Jane GEE 26 September 1860 in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jane GEE was born 5 October 1841 in Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Jane died 7 March 1913 Jane was the child of Cornelius GEE and Hannah PARTRIDGE.

Charles DEMERCHANT died February 1907 in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Charles DEMERCHANT married

Jane GEE
Marriage date: 26 September 1860
Marriage place: Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Jane GEE was the child of Cornelius GEE and Hannah PARTRIDGE

Children of Charles DEMERCHANT and Jane GEE

Etta Blanche DEMERCHANT

Born: 13 November 1882, Upper Wicklow, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 26 November 1975, Corinth, Maine, USA

Married: William H WALKER 18 January 1905

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Birth — 1838
16 December 1838
Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Charles DEMERCHANT and Jane GEE 26 September 1860, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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
Etta Blanche DEMERCHANT was born 13 November 1882, Upper Wicklow, New Brunswick, Canada

Charles was 43 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.