June 6th 2016 is the 150th Anniversary of the birth of the Meterman, Mary Mohin McCartney's maternal uncle who invented the Meter, born 150 years ago on this Monday in 1866 in North Ormesby Durham England, his name John Walter Danher, son to John and Jane Baines Danher, he invented the meter in his youth around Nov 1912 when his patent was finalised, he and his family Danher hail from SW Ireland, moved to Middlesbrough England then moved onto Liverpool in the 19th century, he was the eldest of 16 births, 12 sibs and emigrated to Canada, met and married two times separately, 1st wife died tragically and had families around the turn of the 20th Century when he invented his Meter in 1910 beginnings. He was called in Montreal Directories, The Meterman.
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