Aquilla MILLER

Born

14 December 1842 , Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Died

22 February 1923 , Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Martin MILLER Elizabeth MAYBEY

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Born: 14 December 1842 in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Father: Martin MILLER

Mother: Elizabeth MAYBEY

Paternal grandparents: John MILLER , Sarah HISCOCK

Maternal grandparents: John MAYBE (MAYBEY) (MABEY) , Dinah BUGDEN

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Aquilla married Elizabeth RYALL 9 November 1865 in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth RYALL was born 14 August 1846 in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Elizabeth died 17 February 1919 in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of John RYALL and Joanna JANES.

Aquilla MILLER died 22 February 1923 in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Aquilla MILLER married

Elizabeth RYALL
Marriage date: 9 November 1865
Marriage place: Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada
Elizabeth RYALL was the child of John RYALL and Joanna JANES

Children of Aquilla MILLER and Elizabeth RYALL

William Alfred MILLER

Born: 30 January 1868, Spaniard's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
Died: 18 September 1907, At Sea*

Married: Jane MORRIS 27 April 1892

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Birth — 1842
14 December 1842
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Aquilla MILLER and Elizabeth RYALL 9 November 1865, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
William Alfred MILLER was born 30 January 1868, Spaniard's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada

Aquilla 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)

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)