Gideon Darby WRIGHT

Born

9 October 1788 , Nether Exe, Devon, England

Died

19 August 1850 , Drummondville, Canada East

Gideon Darby married Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN) 21 January 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN) was born 8 February 1801 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Margaret died 3 April 1876 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada . Margaret was the child of Andrew CRAIG and Marie-Rose NADEAU .

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son of John Wright and Mary Darby

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gideon Darby WRIGHT

Gideon Darby WRIGHT married

Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN)
Marriage date: 21 January 1818
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN) was the child of Andrew CRAIG and Marie-Rose NADEAU

Marriage notes:

Anglican Christ Church

Name: Gedeon Wright

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 21 janv. 1818 (21 Jan 1818)

Marriage Place: Sorel, Richelieu, Québec (Quebec)

Place of Worship or Institution: Anglican, Christ Church

Religion: Anglican

Spouse: Margaret Klein

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gideon Darby WRIGHT and Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN)

Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Born: 2 April 1820, Drummondville, Lower Canada
Died: 11 January 1911, Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Married: Eliza WATKINS 1846 Place: Drummondville, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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Birth — 1788
9 October 1788
Nether Exe, Devon, England

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

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

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

1818 Marriage / Partner
Gideon Darby WRIGHT and Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN) 21 January 1818, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 29 years old.

1818 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1820 Birth of Child
Gideon-Darby WRIGHT was born 2 April 1820, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Gideon Darby was 31 years old.

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)