John Lew GRAVES

Born

19 December 1792 , Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

3 April 1872 , Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Lew married Nancy Ann HUME 4 December 1817 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy Ann HUME was born abt. 1800 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nancy Ann died abt. 1881 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nancy Ann was the child of William HUME and Sarah BAKER .

Parents & Family of John Lew GRAVES

Parents of John Lew GRAVES

Father

Christian GRAFF (GRAVES)

Mother

Anna Catherina WESTHOFER

Grandparents of John Lew GRAVES

Paternal grandparents

Christian GRÄFF Anna Margaretha RUCKABERLIN

Maternal grandparents

John Michael WESTHOFER Susanna Maria Christina THIEL (DEAL)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of John Lew GRAVES

John Lew GRAVES married

Nancy Ann HUME
Marriage date: 4 December 1817
Marriage place: Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nancy Ann HUME was the child of William HUME and Sarah BAKER

Children of John Lew GRAVES and Nancy Ann HUME

William GRAVES

Born: 4 June 1821, Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Maria Minnie ADAMS 4 December 1843 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1792
19 December 1792
Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

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

1817 Marriage / Partner
John Lew GRAVES and Nancy Ann HUME 4 December 1817, Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1821 Birth of Child
William GRAVES was born 4 June 1821, Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Lew was 28 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)

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
William GRAVES married 4 December 1843, , Nova Scotia, Canada to Maria Minnie ADAMS

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.