William FLEMING

Born

15 October 1803 , Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England

Died

5 September 1887 , South Crosby Township, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada

William married Elizabeth ELLIOTT abt. 1828 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth ELLIOTT was born 1 December 1793 in Plymouth, Devon, England.

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William FLEMING married

Elizabeth ELLIOTT
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Children of William FLEMING and Elizabeth ELLIOTT

William John FLEMING

Born: 2 May 1833, Elgin, Rideau Lakes, Leeds and Grenville, Upper Canada
Died: 18 February 1918, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Margaret DOYLE 20 December 1854

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Birth — 1803
15 October 1803
Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England

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)

1833 Birth of Child
William John FLEMING was born 2 May 1833, Elgin, Rideau Lakes, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

William was 29 years old.

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)

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.

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)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)