John Burns SMYTH

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13 January 1865 , Kinburn, Carleton, Canada West

Died

12 October 1935 , Kinburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

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Joseph Gilmore SMYTH Catherine BURNS

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Born: 13 January 1865 in Kinburn, Carleton, Canada West

Father: Joseph Gilmore SMYTH

Mother: Catherine BURNS

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John Burns married Jessie LILLIE 11 February 1891 in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jessie LILLIE was born abt. 1869 in Ontario, Canada. Jessie died 25 April 1926 in Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Jessie was the child of James LILLIE and Catherine EARLY.

John Burns SMYTH died 12 October 1935 in Kinburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.
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Jessie LILLIE
Marriage date: 11 February 1891
Marriage place: Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Jessie LILLIE was the child of James LILLIE and Catherine EARLY

Children of John Burns SMYTH and Jessie LILLIE

Norma Ioleen SMYTH

Born: 16 December 1903, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
Died: 6 June 1977, Flint, Michigan, USA

Married: William Kenneth RIDDELL 10 October 1928

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Birth — 1865
13 January 1865
Kinburn, Carleton, Canada West

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 Marriage / Partner
John Burns SMYTH and Jessie LILLIE 11 February 1891, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Norma Ioleen SMYTH was born 16 December 1903, Fitzroy, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

John Burns was 38 years old.

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))