Hugh CHISHOLM

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22 October 1820 , New Carlisle, Lower Canada

Died

15 May 1890 , New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

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Andrew CHISHOLM Mary FERGUSON

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Born: 22 October 1820 in New Carlisle, Lower Canada

Father: Andrew CHISHOLM

Mother: Mary FERGUSON

Paternal grandparents: John CHISHOLM , Christianna FERGUSON

Maternal grandparents: James FERGUSON , Hannah WARREN

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Hugh married Louisa Ann COOKE 26 September 1846 in New Carlisle, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louisa Ann COOKE was born abt. 1821 in Paridise, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Louisa Ann died 5 September 1891 in New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township) . Louisa Ann was the child of William COOKE and Lucinda POWER.

Hugh CHISHOLM died 15 May 1890 in New Carlisle, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Hugh CHISHOLM married

Louisa Ann COOKE
Marriage date: 26 September 1846
Marriage place: New Carlisle, Canada East
Louisa Ann COOKE was the child of William COOKE and Lucinda POWER

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Children of Hugh CHISHOLM and Louisa Ann COOKE

Mary-Jane CHISHOLM

Born: 17 July 1847, New Carlisle, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Charles-Farquahar MCGEE 3 November 1869 Place: Hope Town, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1820
22 October 1820
New Carlisle, Lower 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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Hugh CHISHOLM and Louisa Ann COOKE 26 September 1846, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township)

He was 25 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Mary-Jane CHISHOLM was born 17 July 1847, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township)

Hugh was 26 years old.

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.

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

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.