Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

Born

3 July 1847 , La Prairie, Canada East

Died

8 January 1929 , Delson, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 3 July 1847 in La Prairie, Canada East

Parents of Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

Father

John FORRESTER

Mother

Flora MCLELLAN

Grandparents of Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

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Mary-Cunningham married George SMITHERS 22 September 1864 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George SMITHERS was born 14 November 1843 in La Prairie, Canada East . George died 15 December 1889 in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. George was the child of Charles SMITHERS and Rubina JOHNSTON.

Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER died 8 January 1929 in Delson, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER married

George SMITHERS
Marriage date: 22 September 1864
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada East
George SMITHERS was the child of Charles SMITHERS and Rubina JOHNSTON

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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 — 1847
3 July 1847
La Prairie, Canada East

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

She was 17 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)

Mary-Cunningham was 30 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)

1889 Death of Spouse/Partner
George SMITHERS died 15 December 1889, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

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)

1903 Marriage of Child
David-Albert SMITHERS married 7 November 1903, Newport, Vermont, USA to Lélia-Esther ST JAMES

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))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada