Mary Eliza SAUNDERS

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abt. 1837 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

11 March 1873 , Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Lemuel James SAUNDERS Sarah UNKNOWN

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Born: abt. 1837 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Lemuel James SAUNDERS

Mother: Sarah UNKNOWN

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Mary Eliza married Joseph Allen YOUNG abt. 1855 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Allen YOUNG was born abt. 1832 in Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Joseph Allen died 23 December 1867 in Digby Neck, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Joseph Allen was the child of Samuel YOUNG and Sophia (Saphiah) HAINES.

Mary Eliza SAUNDERS died 11 March 1873 in Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Mary Eliza SAUNDERS married

Joseph Allen YOUNG
Marriage date: abt. 1855
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Joseph Allen YOUNG was the child of Samuel YOUNG and Sophia (Saphiah) HAINES

Children of Joseph Allen YOUNG and Mary Eliza SAUNDERS

Ada Florence YOUNG

Born: 20 September 1857, Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 3 July 1926, East Ferry, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Charles W THERIAULT

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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.

1857 Birth of Child
Ada Florence YOUNG was born 20 September 1857, Sandy Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia, 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.