Richard
DAWSON
(b.
14 April 1799
,
Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
d.
8 August 1897
,
Prince Edward Island, Canada
)
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Richard DAWSON was born 14 April 1799 in Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
Richard DAWSON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Richard married Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT abt. 1820 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT was born abt. 1805 in Augustine Cove, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Elizabeth Margaret died 20 August 1848 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Elizabeth Margaret was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER.
Richard DAWSON died 8 August 1897 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT-- Date: abt. 1820 Place:
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER
Children of Richard DAWSON and Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT:
Thomas Richard DAWSON (b.27 December 1824, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 June 1903, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
m. Ellen Margaret HOWATT 1847
Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT-- Date: abt. 1820 Place: Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT was the child of James HOWATT and Ellen Kathleen MILLER
Children of Richard DAWSON and Elizabeth Margaret HOWATT:
Thomas Richard DAWSON (b.27 December 1824, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 23 June 1903, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada)m. Ellen Margaret HOWATT 1847
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1799 Birth 14 April 1799
Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland
1824 Birth of ChildThomas Richard DAWSON was born 27 December 1824, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Richard was 25 years old.
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)
1848 Death of Spouse/PartnerElizabeth Margaret HOWATT died 20 August 1848, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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
1897 Death 8 August 1897
Prince Edward Island, Canada
He died at the age of 98.
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