Thomas Richard
DAWSON
(b.
27 December 1824
,
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
d.
23 June 1903
,
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
)
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Thomas Richard DAWSON was born 27 December 1824 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Thomas Richard DAWSON was the child of Richard DAWSON and Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT and the grandchild of: (maternal) James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas Richard married Ellen Margaret HOWATT abt. 1847 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ellen Margaret HOWATT was born abt. 1827 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean). Ellen Margaret died 20 September 1907 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Ellen Margaret was the child of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD.
Thomas Richard DAWSON died 23 June 1903 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Ellen Margaret HOWATT-- Date: abt. 1847 Place:
Ellen Margaret HOWATT was the child of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD
Children of Thomas Richard DAWSON and Ellen Margaret HOWATT:
Charles Howatt DAWSON (b.8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 13 December 1961, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
m. May Ansanetta MCKINNON 1894
Ellen Margaret HOWATT-- Date: abt. 1847 Place: Ellen Margaret HOWATT was the child of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD
Children of Thomas Richard DAWSON and Ellen Margaret HOWATT:
Charles Howatt DAWSON (b.8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 13 December 1961, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada)m. May Ansanetta MCKINNON 1894
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1824 Birth 27 December 1824
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1870 Birth of ChildCharles Howatt DAWSON was born 8 July 1870, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
Thomas Richard was 45 years old.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
1903 Death 23 June 1903
Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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