Amarlbough (Marlborough) NIXON
Born: abt. 1838, Chinguacousy, Peel, Upper Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Mary FRENCH 25 October 1869
Alexander
NIXON
Born
25 March 1796
,
Cappagh, Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland
Died
12 December 1874
,
Ontario, Canada
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Birth — 179625 March 1796
Cappagh, Omagh, Tyrone, 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)
1865 Death of Spouse/PartnerElizabeth Jane BRODDY died 31 May 1865, , Ontario, Canada
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Death — 187412 December 1874
Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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