George SMITHERS

Born

14 November 1843 , La Prairie, Canada East

Died

15 December 1889 , Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 14 November 1843 in La Prairie, Canada East

Parents of George SMITHERS

Father

Charles SMITHERS

Mother

Rubina JOHNSTON

Grandparents of George SMITHERS

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George married Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER 22 September 1864 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER was born 3 July 1847 in La Prairie, Canada East . Mary-Cunningham died 8 January 1929 in Delson, Quebec, Canada. Mary-Cunningham was the child of John FORRESTER and Flora MCLELLAN.

George SMITHERS died 15 December 1889 in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of George SMITHERS

George SMITHERS married

Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER
Marriage date: 22 September 1864
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER was the child of John FORRESTER and Flora MCLELLAN

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Pointe St Charles Presbyterian Saint Mathew, Quebec, Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of George SMITHERS and Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

David-Albert SMITHERS

Born: 24 December 1877, La Prairie, Québec, Canada
Died: 13 September 1953,

Married: Lélia-Esther ST JAMES 7 November 1903 Place: Newport, Vermont, USA

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
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1763–1791: Province of Québec
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1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1843
14 November 1843
La Prairie, Canada East

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 Marriage / Partner
George SMITHERS and Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER 22 September 1864, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 20 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.

1877 Birth of Child
David-Albert SMITHERS was born 24 December 1877, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

George was 34 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.