Charles SMITHERS

(b. abt. 1812 , England d. 12 May 1884 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada )

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Charles SMITHERS was born abt. 1812 in England

Charles SMITHERS was the child of ? and ?

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

Charles married Rubina JOHNSTON 21 September 1842 in Montréal, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rubina JOHNSTON was born abt. 1803 in Scotland (United Kingdom). Rubina died 18 June 1887 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).

Charles SMITHERS died 12 May 1884 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Charles SMITHERS

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Charles SMITHERS married

Rubina JOHNSTON-- Date: 21 September 1842 Place: Montréal, Canada East

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Children of Charles SMITHERS and Rubina JOHNSTON:

George SMITHERS (b.14 November 1843, La Prairie, Canada East d. 15 December 1889, Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada)
m. Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER 22 September 1864 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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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)

1842 Marriage / Partner
Charles SMITHERS and Rubina JOHNSTON 21 September 1842, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
George SMITHERS was born 14 November 1843, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
George SMITHERS married 22 September 1864, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Mary-Cunningham FORRESTER

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)