William Peter
MACMILLAN
Born
15 November 1849
,
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died
4 October 1888
,
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Born: 15 November 1849 in Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Father:
Neil MACMILLAN
Mother:
Isabella MCCALDER
Paternal grandparents:
James Hamish MCMILLAN
, Ann MUNN
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
William Peter married Sarah MACNEIL 31 December 1874 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah MACNEIL was born 25 December 1848 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean). Sarah died 27 November 1918 in Wood Islands, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
William Peter MACMILLAN died 4 October 1888 in Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of William Peter MACMILLAN
Children of William Peter MACMILLAN and Sarah MACNEIL
John Daniel MACMILLANBorn: 9 November 1883, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 21 September 1942, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 21 September 1942, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Married: Christina Margaret MACLEOD 24 November 1909 Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth — 184915 November 1849
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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 Canada
1874 Marriage / PartnerWilliam Peter MACMILLAN and Sarah MACNEIL 31 December 1874,
He was 25 years old.
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1883 Birth of ChildJohn Daniel MACMILLAN was born 9 November 1883, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
William Peter was 34 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.
Death — 18884 October 1888
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, Canada
He died at the age of 38.
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