Alexander HALL

Born

abt. 1784 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

5 April 1874 , New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

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Amos HALL Nancy Ann GREENMAN

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Born: abt. 1784 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Amos HALL

Mother: Nancy Ann GREENMAN

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Alexander married Helen M'KAY (MCKAY) abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helen M'KAY (MCKAY) was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Alexander HALL died 5 April 1874 in New Carlisle, Québec, Canada .

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1861 Canadian Census claims birth place to be New York

1871 Canadian Census says Quebec

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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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Alexander HALL married

Helen M'KAY (MCKAY)
Marriage date: abt. 1800
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada

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Children of Alexander HALL and Helen M'KAY (MCKAY)

Rachel HALL

Born: 16 May 1805, Port-Daniel, Lower Canada
Died: 27 April 1887, Port-Daniel, Québec, Canada

Married: Daniel HALL 24 November 1824 Place: New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township)

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1805 Birth of Child
Rachel HALL was born 16 May 1805, Port-Daniel, Québec, Canada

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)

1824 Marriage of Child
Rachel HALL married 24 November 1824, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township) to Daniel HALL

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)

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

1861 - Cox, Bonaventure, Quebec
Name: Alexander Hall
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1787
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1861: Cox, Bonaventure, Canada East
Relation to Head: Head
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: E.
Brick, Stone, Frame, Log: Frame
Number of Stories: 1
Number of Families Occupying: 1
Being Built: 1
Cows: 2
Sheep: 3
Pigs: 7
Livestock Value in Dollars: $88
Quantity of Land Attached: Acrs 3
Page number: 46
Household Members Age Relationship
Alexander Hall 74 Head
1861 Canadian Census
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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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 - Cox, Bonaventure, Quebec
Name: Alexander Hall
Gender: Male
Origin: English
Age: 84
Birth Date: 1787
Birth Place: Quebec
Residence Place: Cox, Bonaventure, Quebec
District Number: 169
Subdistrict: c
Division: 02
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Family Number: 159
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Household Members Age
Alexander Hall 84
1871 Canadian Census
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1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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Name:
[Alexander Hall]
Event Type: Enterrement (Burial)
Death Date: 1874
Burial Date: 1874
Burial Place: New Carlisle, Québec, Canada
Burial Church: Church of England; New Carlisle
Place of Worship or Institution: Anglican, Church of England
Religion: Church of England
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