Narcissa BURKE

Born

19 November 1835 , Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

24 December 1924 , Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 19 November 1835 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of Narcissa BURKE

Father

Edward Foster BURKE

Mother

Delia (Diana) COVEL

Grandparents of Narcissa BURKE

Paternal grandparents

William BURKE Mary FOSTER

Maternal grandparents

Timothy COVELL Keziah GARDNER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Narcissa married Zoeth Freeman CUSHING 23 March 1854 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zoeth Freeman CUSHING was born 11 November 1831 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Zoeth Freeman died 11 October 1861 Zoeth Freeman was the child of Charles Mott CUSHING and Jane FREEMAN.

Narcissa BURKE died 24 December 1924 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Narcissa BURKE

Narcissa BURKE married

Zoeth Freeman CUSHING
Marriage date: 23 March 1854
Marriage place: Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Zoeth Freeman CUSHING was the child of Charles Mott CUSHING and Jane FREEMAN

Children of Zoeth Freeman CUSHING and Narcissa BURKE

Theophilus CUSHING

Born: 10 December 1857, Kempt, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 18 May 1942, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Hannah SMITH December 1879

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Birth — 1835
19 November 1835
Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Narcissa BURKE and Zoeth Freeman CUSHING 23 March 1854, Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Theophilus CUSHING was born 10 December 1857, Kempt, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Narcissa was 22 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)

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))