Robert-Wallace FORBES

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16 September 1862 , Bonaventure, Canada East

Died

6 July 1928 , Adamsville, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

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Richard-Wolfe FORBES Annabelle SMITH

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Born: 16 September 1862 in Bonaventure, Canada East

Father: Richard-Wolfe FORBES

Mother: Annabelle SMITH

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Robert-Wallace married Agnes Beggs Hamilton WILSON 16 February 1887 in Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agnes Beggs Hamilton WILSON was born 13 February 1866 in Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. Agnes Beggs Hamilton died 1 September 1919 in Albemarle Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada. Agnes Beggs Hamilton was the child of Andrew S WILSON and Agnes SEATON.

Robert-Wallace FORBES died 6 July 1928 in Adamsville, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.

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Robert-Wallace FORBES married

Agnes Beggs Hamilton WILSON
Marriage date: 16 February 1887
Marriage place: , Ontario, Canada
Agnes Beggs Hamilton WILSON was the child of Andrew S WILSON and Agnes SEATON

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Josephine Stuart FORBES

Born: 10 June 1900, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2 August 1990, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married: Cecil John MOORE 2 July 1920

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Birth — 1862
16 September 1862
Bonaventure, Canada East

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 Marriage / Partner
Robert-Wallace FORBES and Agnes Beggs Hamilton WILSON 16 February 1887, , Ontario, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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)

1900 Birth of Child
Josephine Stuart FORBES was born 10 June 1900, Wiarton, Bruce, Ontario, Canada

Robert-Wallace was 37 years old.

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)