Henry LEWIS

Born

16 February 1843 , Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

4 April 1925 , Danvers, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Harry Solomon LEWIS Mary Catherine DOTY

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Born: 16 February 1843 in Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Harry Solomon LEWIS

Mother: Mary Catherine DOTY

Paternal grandparents: Abraham LEWIS , Grace GRANT

Maternal grandparents: John Toby DOTY , Mary Catherine BARR

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Henry married Sarah Jane BARR 25 December 1870 in Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Jane BARR was born 18 May 1855 in Weaver Settlement, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah Jane died 2 November 1923 in Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah Jane was the child of James BARR and Susan STEELE.

Henry LEWIS died 4 April 1925 in Danvers, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Henry LEWIS married

Sarah Jane BARR
Marriage date: 25 December 1870
Marriage place: Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah Jane BARR was the child of James BARR and Susan STEELE

Children of Henry LEWIS and Sarah Jane BARR

Jessie May LEWIS

Born: 25 July 1885, Danvers, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 3 February 1955,

Married: Herman Garfield THERIAULT 16 December 1912 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1843
16 February 1843
Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 - 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.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Henry LEWIS and Sarah Jane BARR 25 December 1870, Weymouth, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Jessie May LEWIS was born 25 July 1885, Danvers, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Henry was 42 years old.

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

1912 Marriage of Child
Jessie May LEWIS married 16 December 1912, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada to Herman Garfield THERIAULT

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))