Agnes SEYMOUR

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29 December 1837 , Ontario, Upper Canada

Died

10 August 1911 , Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Benjamin SEYMOUR Sarah WILLIAMS

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Born: 29 December 1837 in Ontario, Upper Canada

Father: Benjamin SEYMOUR

Mother: Sarah WILLIAMS

Paternal grandparents: Benjamin SEYMOUR , Elizabeth CLARK

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Agnes married Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET October 1857 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET was born 20 April 1833 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Salter Jehosaphat died 21 June 1888 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York). Salter Jehosaphat was the child of Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET and Harriet Sophia SCOTT.

Agnes SEYMOUR died 10 August 1911 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada .
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Agnes SEYMOUR married

Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET
Marriage date: October 1857
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Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET was the child of Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET and Harriet Sophia SCOTT

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Agnes Gertrude VANKOUGHNET

Born: 5 June 1862, Kingston, Canada West
Died: 18 July 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Hugh John MACDONALD 23 April 1883 Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)

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Birth — 1837
29 December 1837
Ontario, Upper Canada

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.

1857 Marriage / Partner
Agnes SEYMOUR and Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET October 1857,

She was 19 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Agnes Gertrude VANKOUGHNET was born 5 June 1862, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Agnes was 24 years old.

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.

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)

1883 Marriage of Child
Agnes Gertrude VANKOUGHNET married 23 April 1883, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York) to Hugh John MACDONALD

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.

1888 Death of Spouse/Partner
Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET died 21 June 1888, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)

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

Death — 1911
10 August 1911
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
She died at the age of 73.

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