Barnabus MCGEE

Born

abt. 1798 , Merigomish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

5 December 1887 , New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

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Charles MCGEE Margaret BLACKIE

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Born: abt. 1798 in Merigomish, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Charles MCGEE

Mother: Margaret BLACKIE

Paternal grandparents: Barnabas MCGEE , Nancy CARROLL

Maternal grandparents: Charles BLACKIE (BLAIKIE) , Janet HERRIES (HARRIS)

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Barnabus married Mary MCRAE 27 November 1832 in Bonaventure, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary MCRAE was born abt. 1812 in Hope Town, Lower Canada. Mary died 29 May 1896 Mary was the child of Farquhar MCRAE and Margaret Gow SMITH.

Barnabus MCGEE died 5 December 1887 in New Carlisle, Québec, Canada .
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Barnabus MCGEE married

Mary MCRAE
Marriage date: 27 November 1832
Marriage place: Bonaventure, Lower Canada
Mary MCRAE was the child of Farquhar MCRAE and Margaret Gow SMITH

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Children of Barnabus MCGEE and Mary MCRAE

Charles-Farquahar MCGEE

Born: 22 September 1835, Hope Town, Lower Canada
Died: 11 April 1885, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

Married: Mary-Catherine MCRAE 9 February 1860 Place: Hope Town, Canada East

Married: Mary-Jane CHISHOLM 3 November 1869 Place: Hope Town, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Barnabus MCGEE and Mary MCRAE 27 November 1832, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

1835 Birth of Child
Charles-Farquahar MCGEE was born 22 September 1835, Hope Town, Québec, Canada

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.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Charles-Farquahar MCGEE married 9 February 1860, Hope Town, Canada East to Mary-Catherine MCRAE

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.