Mary Margaret CAMERON
Born: 9 August 1853, Finch, Stormont, Canada West
Died: 30 March 1939, Finch, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
Died: 30 March 1939, Finch, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
Married: Hugh Allan MCMASTER 25 February 1898
William A
CAMERON
Born
abt. 1825
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Finch, Stormont, Upper Canada
Died
6 April 1893
,
Roxborough, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
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Born: abt. 1825 in Finch, Stormont, Upper Canada
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William A married Nancy MCMILLAN abt. 1853 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy MCMILLAN was born abt. 1826 in Upper Canada.
William A CAMERON died 6 April 1893 in Roxborough, Stormont, Ontario, Canada.
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1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Birth of ChildMary Margaret CAMERON was born 9 August 1853, Finch, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 18936 April 1893
Roxborough, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
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