Harriet BURNS
Born: 5 March 1859, Bruce, Canada West
Died: 15 April 1910, Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
Died: 15 April 1910, Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada
Married: John George EWAN 3 December 1878 Place: Goderich, Ontario, Canada
Thomas
BURNS
Born
8 January 1827
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Wicklow, Ireland
Died
4 February 1903
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Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
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Born: 8 January 1827 in Wicklow, Ireland
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Thomas married Sarah STANLEY abt. 1851 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah STANLEY was born abt. 1831 in Upper Canada. Sarah died 20 July 1885 in Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
Thomas BURNS died 4 February 1903 in Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada.
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Birth — 18278 January 1827
Wicklow, Ireland
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)
1859 Birth of ChildHarriet BURNS was born 5 March 1859, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Thomas was 32 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1878 Marriage of ChildHarriet BURNS married 3 December 1878, Goderich, Ontario, Canada to John George EWAN
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 Death of Spouse/PartnerSarah STANLEY died 20 July 1885, Lucknow, Bruce, 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
Death — 19034 February 1903
Lucknow, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 76.
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