John Alexander ARMSTRONG

Born

26 November 1862 , South March, Canada West

Died

2 November 1928 , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Thomas ARMSTRONG Jane BEATTY

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Born: 26 November 1862 in South March, Canada West

Father: Thomas ARMSTRONG

Mother: Jane BEATTY

Paternal grandparents: John ARMSTRONG , Rebecca GLEASON

Maternal grandparents: Thomas Daniel BEATTY , Eliza BELL

John Alexander was a soldier in World War I.
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John Alexander married Bertha Kathleen ROSS 23 July 1920 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bertha Kathleen ROSS was born 20 March 1882 in Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Bertha Kathleen died 12 September 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Bertha Kathleen was the child of Robert William ROSS and Ida FEILDE.

John Alexander ARMSTRONG died 2 November 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Created Dental Corp along with Sir Sam Hughes, practiced dentistry in Ottawa ...office at Bank and Sparks. Ottawa School Board Trustee etc. Commemorative Placque in the Ottawa Military Hospital.

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Recorded occupation: Dentist & Creator of the Canadian Dental Corp WW1

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John Alexander ARMSTRONG married

Bertha Kathleen ROSS
Marriage date: 23 July 1920
Marriage place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bertha Kathleen ROSS was the child of Robert William ROSS and Ida FEILDE

Children of John Alexander ARMSTRONG and Bertha Kathleen ROSS

Doreen ARMSTRONG

Born: 6 June 1918, Portabello, Scotland
Died: 30 September 1970, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Jean Baptiste DUFORD

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Birth — 1862
26 November 1862
South March, Canada West

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)

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.

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)

1918 Birth of Child
Doreen ARMSTRONG was born 6 June 1918, Portabello, Scotland

John Alexander was 55 years old.