William BROOKS

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abt. 1811 , Ireland

Died

abt. 1884 , Foster, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Born: abt. 1811 in Ireland

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William married Mary MARTIN abt. 1834 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary MARTIN was born abt. 1810 in Ireland. Mary died abt. 1881 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough).

William BROOKS died abt. 1884 in Foster, Brome, Quebec, Canada.
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Mary MARTIN
Marriage date: abt. 1834
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Mathilda BROOKS

Born: 8 June 1848, Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada
Died: 29 January 1922, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

Married: William GAMBLE 12 February 1873 Place: Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1848 Birth of Child
Mathilda BROOKS was born 8 June 1848, Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Marriage of Child
Mathilda BROOKS married 12 February 1873, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough) to William GAMBLE

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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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