When Jessie Mae MacFarlane was born on 18 July 1912, in East Waterville, Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Clarence Kirk MacFarlane, was 41 and her mother, Mertie Jane McHatten, was 33. She married Harry Donald Stairs on 24 December 1936, in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. She died on 23 March 1992, in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Otis, Dumfries, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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August 20, 1937, the Miramichi lumber strike took place. Over 1,500 millworkers and longshoremen struck 14 lumber firms for wage increases.
In 1955, New Brunswick broke the record with a freezing temperature of -47.2° C, in Sisson Dam
Canada Act is passed. The United Kingdom transfers final legal powers over Canada. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.
Scottish: see McFarlane .
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