Thomas BARR

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22 September 1845 , Horton, Renfrew, Canada West

Died

1 January 1914 , Bromley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

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David BARR Agnes AIRTH

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Born: 22 September 1845 in Horton, Renfrew, Canada West

Father: David BARR

Mother: Agnes AIRTH

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Thomas married Janet Belle MILLER 25 December 1871 in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Janet Belle MILLER was born February 1851 in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Janet Belle died 18 November 1889 in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Janet Belle was the child of Alexander MILLER and Margaret Allan LINDSAY.

Thomas BARR died 1 January 1914 in Bromley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

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Thomas BARR married

Janet Belle MILLER
Marriage date: 25 December 1871
Marriage place: Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Janet Belle MILLER was the child of Alexander MILLER and Margaret Allan LINDSAY

Children of Thomas BARR and Janet Belle MILLER

Margaret Jane BARR

Born: 12 April 1874, Bromley Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Died: 15 November 1948, Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada

Married: James SCOTT 27 March 1900

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Birth — 1845
22 September 1845
Horton, Renfrew, Canada West

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Thomas BARR and Janet Belle MILLER 25 December 1871, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Margaret Jane BARR was born 12 April 1874, Bromley Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada

Thomas was 28 years old.

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)

1889 Death of Spouse/Partner
Janet Belle MILLER died 18 November 1889, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

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)

Death — 1914
1 January 1914
Bromley, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 68.

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