Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Born

9 March 1852 , Caistor, Lincoln, Canada West

Died

15 February 1915 , Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Martha Amanda married Amos Ezra THOMAS 30 October 1871 in Grimsby Township, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amos Ezra THOMAS was born abt. 1846 in Canada West. Amos Ezra was the child of Jeremiah THOMAS and Anne LYONS .

Parents & Family of Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Parents of Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Father

Henry WILLIAMS

Mother

Phoebe STEPHENSON

Grandparents of Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Paternal grandparents

John Richard WILLIAMS Martha BUCHNER

Maternal grandparents

John Augustus STEPHENSEN (STEPHENSON) Mary COON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Martha Amanda WILLIAMS married

Amos Ezra THOMAS
Marriage date: 30 October 1871
Marriage place: Grimsby Township, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
Amos Ezra THOMAS was the child of Jeremiah THOMAS and Anne LYONS

Children of Amos Ezra THOMAS and Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Rhoda Ann THOMAS

Born: 29 October 1872, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Died: abt. 1958, McAuley, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Robert James PARKE 2 October 1889

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Birth — 1852
9 March 1852
Caistor, Lincoln, Canada West

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
Martha Amanda WILLIAMS and Amos Ezra THOMAS 30 October 1871, Grimsby Township, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Rhoda Ann THOMAS was born 29 October 1872, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Martha Amanda was 20 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)

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)