Charles Howatt DAWSON
Born: 8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 13 December 1961, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 13 December 1961, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Married: May Ansanetta MCKINNON 1894
Thomas Richard
DAWSON
Born
27 December 1824
,
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died
23 June 1903
,
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Ellen Margaret HOWATT
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Ellen Margaret HOWATT was the child of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD
Ellen Margaret HOWATTMarriage date: abt. 1847
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Ellen Margaret HOWATT was the child of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD
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Birth — 182427 December 1824
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, 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 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Birth of ChildCharles Howatt DAWSON was born 8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
Thomas Richard was 45 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
Death — 190323 June 1903
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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