Jane Melissa CUNNINGHAM

Born

11 June 1856 , Gilberts Cove, Digby District, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

11 April 1930 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Seth CUNNINGHAM Armina NEWELL

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Born: 11 June 1856 in Gilberts Cove, Digby District, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Seth CUNNINGHAM

Mother: Armina NEWELL

Paternal grandparents: Daniel Vincent CUNNINGHAM , Eunice NICKERSON

Maternal grandparents: Hezekiah NEWELL , Martha Patty (Pattie) NICKERSON

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Jane Melissa married Charles W THIBAULT 24 August 1881 in Barton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles W THIBAULT was born 20 October 1846 in Gilberts Cove, Digby District, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles W died 23 January 1926 in Marshalltown, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles W was the child of Joseph THIBAULT and Rose Henriette MELANSON.

Jane Melissa CUNNINGHAM died 11 April 1930 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Jane Melissa CUNNINGHAM married

Charles W THIBAULT
Marriage date: 24 August 1881
Marriage place: Barton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles W THIBAULT was the child of Joseph THIBAULT and Rose Henriette MELANSON

Children of Charles W THIBAULT and Jane Melissa CUNNINGHAM

Joseph Henry THIBAULT

Born: abt. 1881, Weymouth Bridge, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 18 October 1961, Ashmore, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Sadie Caroline MUISE 22 June 1900

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Birth — 1856
11 June 1856
Gilberts Cove, Digby District, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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)

1881 Marriage / Partner
Jane Melissa CUNNINGHAM and Charles W THIBAULT 24 August 1881, Barton, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 25 years old.

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)

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))