Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Born

abt. 1827 , Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died

20 September 1907 , Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ellen Margaret married Thomas Richard DAWSON abt. 1847 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Richard DAWSON was born 27 December 1824 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Thomas Richard died 23 June 1903 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Thomas Richard was the child of Richard DAWSON and Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT .

Parents & Family of Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Parents of Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Father

William Angus HOWATT

Mother

Margaret "Peggy" LEARD

Grandparents of Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Paternal grandparents

James HOWATT Ellen Kathleen MILLER

Maternal grandparents

Samuel LEARD Elizabeth BROWN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Ellen Margaret HOWATT married

Thomas Richard DAWSON
Marriage date: abt. 1847
Marriage place:
Thomas Richard DAWSON was the child of Richard DAWSON and Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT

Children of Thomas Richard DAWSON and Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Charles Howatt DAWSON

Born: 8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 13 December 1961, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Married: May Ansanetta MCKINNON 1894

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1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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)

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.

1870 Birth of Child
Charles Howatt DAWSON was born 8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)

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 - 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas Richard DAWSON died 23 June 1903, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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.

Death — 1907
20 September 1907
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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