James COPPING

Born

13 April 1814 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Died

24 September 1894 , Sainte-Sophie, Québec, Canada

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George COPPING Elizabeth Frances SAGGERS

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Born: 13 April 1814 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Father: George COPPING

Mother: Elizabeth Frances SAGGERS

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James married Florella (Flora) WRIGHT 3 October 1839 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Florella (Flora) WRIGHT was born abt. 1821 in Ireland. Florella (Flora) died 18 August 1899 in Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada.

James COPPING died 24 September 1894 in Sainte-Sophie, Québec, Canada .

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James COPPING married

Florella (Flora) WRIGHT
Marriage date: 3 October 1839
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada

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Saint-Gabriel's Street Presbyterian Church

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

Children of James COPPING and Florella (Flora) WRIGHT

John George COPPING

Born: August 1840, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada
Died: 8 March 1900, New Glasgow, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada

Married: Anne Eliza DREDGE 31 May 1867

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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 — 1814
13 April 1814
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
James COPPING and Florella (Flora) WRIGHT 3 October 1839, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
John George COPPING was born August 1840, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada

James was 26 years old.

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

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.