John Roger GEMMILL
Born: 1 August 1841, Lanark Co., Lanark, Canada West
Died: 1 January 1922, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
Died: 1 January 1922, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
Married: Janet "Jessie" MCKELLAR 20 January 1869
John Raeside
GEMMILL
Born
9 February 1808
,
Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died
29 May 1891
,
Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada
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Birth — 18089 February 1808
Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland
1841 Birth of ChildJohn Roger GEMMILL was born 1 August 1841, Lanark Co., Lanark, Ontario, Canada
John Raeside was 33 years old.
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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
Death — 189129 May 1891
Sarnia, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada
He died at the age of 83.
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