John Richard BURKE

(b. 5 September 1859 , Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 28 December 1941 , Nova Scotia, Canada )

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John Richard BURKE was born 5 September 1859 in Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Richard BURKE was the child of William BURKE and Mary Ann O'NEIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) William Michael BURKE and Elizabeth GROVES

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

John Richard married Mary Ellsworth BRODERICK abt. 1887 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Ellsworth BRODERICK was born 5 September 1866 in Port Morien, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Ellsworth died 25 January 1940 in Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Little Lorain).

John Richard BURKE died 28 December 1941 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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John Richard BURKE married

Mary Ellsworth BRODERICK-- Date: abt. 1887 Place:

Children of John Richard BURKE and Mary Ellsworth BRODERICK:

Daniel Patrick BURKE (b.31 December 1891, Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1974, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)

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1859 Birth
5 September 1859
Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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 Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

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.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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

1891 Birth of Child
Daniel Patrick BURKE was born 31 December 1891, Little Lorraine, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Little Lorain)

John Richard was 32 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada