Thomas O'KANE

(b. 9 September 1826 , Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada d. 18 April 1877 , Inkerman, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Thomas O'KANE was born 9 September 1826 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Thomas O'KANE was the child of ? and ?

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Thomas married Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY 18 July 1850 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY was born 24 May 1832 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. Rebecca Winifred died 22 April 1919 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca Winifred was the child of Martin CRANNEY and Ann WADDLETON.

Thomas O'KANE died 18 April 1877 in Inkerman, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.

Alternate place of birth - Ireland

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Thomas O'KANE married

Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY-- Date: 18 July 1850 Place: Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY was the child of Martin CRANNEY and Ann WADDLETON

Children of Thomas O'KANE and Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY:

James O'KANE (b.2 March 1857, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 September 1927, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Elizabeth Mary WHITTY 24 November 1886

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1826 Birth
9 September 1826
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Thomas O'KANE and Rebecca Winifred CRANNEY 18 July 1850, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
James O'KANE was born 2 March 1857, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Thomas was 30 years old.

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.