Nancy Ann HUME

Born

abt. 1800 , Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

abt. 1881 , Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nancy Ann married John Lew GRAVES 4 December 1817 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Lew GRAVES was born 19 December 1792 in Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. John Lew died 3 April 1872 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. John Lew was the child of Christian GRAFF (GRAVES) and Anna Catherina WESTHOFER .

Parents & Family of Nancy Ann HUME

Parents of Nancy Ann HUME

Father

William HUME

Mother

Sarah BAKER

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Nancy Ann HUME

Nancy Ann HUME married

John Lew GRAVES
Marriage date: 4 December 1817
Marriage place: Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada
John Lew GRAVES was the child of Christian GRAFF (GRAVES) and Anna Catherina WESTHOFER

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

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

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.