Stephen Andrew STEPHENS

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26 March 1846 , Chipman, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

21 December 1915 , Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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John H STEPHENS Elizabeth MILLER

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Born: 26 March 1846 in Chipman, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: John H STEPHENS

Mother: Elizabeth MILLER

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Stephen Andrew married Mary Jane MCGEOUCH 28 October 1868 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Jane MCGEOUCH was born 4 July 1852 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Jane died 21 December 1922 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Jane was the child of Robert MCGEOUGH and Nancy Agnes WHITE.

Stephen Andrew STEPHENS died 21 December 1915 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Mary Jane MCGEOUCH
Marriage date: 28 October 1868
Marriage place: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary Jane MCGEOUCH was the child of Robert MCGEOUGH and Nancy Agnes WHITE

Children of Stephen Andrew STEPHENS and Mary Jane MCGEOUCH

Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" STEPHENS

Born: 15 April 1871, Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 25 August 1923, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Michael GRAY 26 November 1890 Place: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1846
26 March 1846
Chipman, Queens, New Brunswick, 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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Stephen Andrew STEPHENS and Mary Jane MCGEOUCH 28 October 1868, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" STEPHENS was born 15 April 1871, Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada

Stephen Andrew was 25 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 - 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)

1890 Marriage of Child
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" STEPHENS married 26 November 1890, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Michael GRAY

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)