Catherine MCDERMOT

Born

10 June 1823 , Norway House, Manitoba, Canada

Died

13 September 1907 , Lockport, St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada

Catherine married Thomas TRUTHWAITE 18 December 1845 in St. Johns, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas TRUTHWAITE was born 18 March 1820 in Albany, Hudson Bay District, Northwest Territories, Canada. Thomas died 19 July 1899 in St. Andrew's, Manitoba, Canada. Thomas was the child of Jacob TRUTHWAITE and Elizabeth VINCENT .

Parents & Family of Catherine MCDERMOT

Parents of Catherine MCDERMOT

Father

Andrew Myles MCDERMOT

Mother

Sarah Mary Ellen MCNAB

Grandparents of Catherine MCDERMOT

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Thomas MCNAB Mary UNKNOWN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine MCDERMOT

Catherine MCDERMOT married

Thomas TRUTHWAITE
Marriage date: 18 December 1845
Marriage place: St. Johns, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Thomas TRUTHWAITE was the child of Jacob TRUTHWAITE and Elizabeth VINCENT

Children of Thomas TRUTHWAITE and Catherine MCDERMOT

Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE

Born: 12 January 1858, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 16 January 1949, Lockport, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Thomas SINCLAIR 5 April 1882

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Birth — 1823
10 June 1823
Norway House, Manitoba, Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MCDERMOT and Thomas TRUTHWAITE 18 December 1845, St. Johns, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE was born 12 January 1858, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada

Catherine was 34 years old.

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.

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)

1899 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas TRUTHWAITE died 19 July 1899, St. Andrew's, Manitoba, Canada

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.

Death — 1907
13 September 1907
Lockport, St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada
She died at the age of 84.

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