Charles Edwin GRANT

(b. 22 August 1821 , Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada d. 21 March 1907 , Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada )

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Charles Edwin GRANT was born 22 August 1821 in Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

Charles Edwin GRANT was the child of William GRANT and Hannah PATTERSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) William GRANT and Jane CLARK (maternal) Peter PATERSON (PATTERSON) and Martha ASCAH

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

Charles Edwin married Annabella MILLER 4 June 1855 in Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Annabella MILLER was born abt. 1822 in Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. Annabella died 16 August 1907 in Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. Annabella was the child of Thomas MILLER and Anne Nancy PATTERSON.

Charles Edwin GRANT died 21 March 1907 in Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.
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Charles Edwin GRANT married

Annabella MILLER-- Date: 4 June 1855 Place: Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
Annabella MILLER was the child of Thomas MILLER and Anne Nancy PATTERSON

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Children of Charles Edwin GRANT and Annabella MILLER:

Caroline Jane GRANT (b.16 February 1862, Sunny Bank, Gaspé, Quebéc, Canada d. 8 September 1930, Sunny Bank, Gaspé, Quebéc, Canada)
m. Edward Henry Mcgregor COFFIN 11 November 1885 in Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe)

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1821 Birth
22 August 1821
Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, 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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Charles Edwin GRANT and Annabella MILLER 4 June 1855, Sandy Beach, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Caroline Jane GRANT was born 16 February 1862, Sunny Bank, Gaspé, Quebéc, Canada

Charles Edwin was 40 years old.

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)

1885 Marriage of Child
Caroline Jane GRANT married 11 November 1885, Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe) to Edward Henry Mcgregor COFFIN

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

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.