Selina Elizabeth REID

Born

30 April 1848 , Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

21 August 1930 , Chignecto, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents & Family of Selina Elizabeth REID

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Born: 30 April 1848 in Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of Selina Elizabeth REID

Father

James REID (READ)

Mother

Mary RIPLEY

Grandparents of Selina Elizabeth REID

Paternal grandparents

Thomas Burney READ Sarah BROWN

Maternal grandparents

John Henry RIPLEY Amelia Frances DICKENSON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Selina Elizabeth married Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD 23 September 1869 in Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD was born 26 December 1847 in Midgic, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Charles Dewolfe died 18 February 1936 in Chignecto Mines, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Charles Dewolfe was the child of Moore MACDONALD and Sarah Mary MILLS.

Selina Elizabeth REID died 21 August 1930 in Chignecto, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Selina Elizabeth REID

Selina Elizabeth REID married

Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD
Marriage date: 23 September 1869
Marriage place: Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD was the child of Moore MACDONALD and Sarah Mary MILLS

Children of Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD and Selina Elizabeth REID

Robert Brown MACDONALD

Born: 9 March 1877, Fennick, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 23 February 1948, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Minnie Jane BLENKHORN 1898 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1848
30 April 1848
Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

1869 Marriage / Partner
Selina Elizabeth REID and Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD 23 September 1869, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 21 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 Birth of Child
Robert Brown MACDONALD was born 9 March 1877, Fennick, Nova Scotia, Canada

Selina Elizabeth was 28 years old.

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)

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))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada