Ada May BENNETT
Born: 3 November 1885, Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Died: 5 April 1975, Jefferson, New York, USA
Died: 5 April 1975, Jefferson, New York, USA
Married: Lorne Ernest SHEPHARD 26 April 1906
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Elizabeth Underwood FRASER
Marriage date: 1 January 1884
Marriage place: Edwardsburgh, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth Underwood FRASERMarriage date: 1 January 1884
Marriage place: Edwardsburgh, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
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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 Marriage / PartnerJohn Byron BENNETT and Elizabeth Underwood FRASER 1 January 1884, Edwardsburgh, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 Birth of ChildAda May BENNETT was born 3 November 1885, Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
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 Canada
1892 Death of Spouse/PartnerElizabeth Underwood FRASER died 15 April 1892, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 189622 March 1896
Spencerville, Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
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