Mary FERGUSON

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abt. 1786 , St. John's Island, Canada

Died

10 May 1871 , New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

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James FERGUSON Hannah WARREN

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Born: abt. 1786 in St. John's Island, Canada

Father: James FERGUSON

Mother: Hannah WARREN

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Mary married Andrew CHISHOLM 13 April 1813 in New Carlisle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andrew CHISHOLM was born abt. 1776 in Quebec (Ontario), Canada. Andrew died abt. 1863 in New Carlisle, Canada East . Andrew was the child of John CHISHOLM and Christianna FERGUSON.

Mary FERGUSON died 10 May 1871 in New Carlisle, Québec, Canada .
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Mary FERGUSON married

Andrew CHISHOLM
Marriage date: 13 April 1813
Marriage place: New Carlisle, Lower Canada
Andrew CHISHOLM was the child of John CHISHOLM and Christianna FERGUSON

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

Children of Andrew CHISHOLM and Mary FERGUSON

Hugh CHISHOLM

Born: 22 October 1820, New Carlisle, Lower Canada
Died: 15 May 1890, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada

Married: Louisa Ann COOKE 26 September 1846 Place: New Carlisle, Canada East

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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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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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Mary FERGUSON and Andrew CHISHOLM 13 April 1813, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Hugh CHISHOLM was born 22 October 1820, New Carlisle, Québec, Canada (Cox Township)

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 - 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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Hugh CHISHOLM married 26 September 1846, New Carlisle, Canada East to Louisa Ann COOKE

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.