George Fox YOUNG

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2 August 1813 , Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

14 July 1889 , Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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William YOUNG Miriam Hannah PARKER

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Born: 2 August 1813 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: William YOUNG

Mother: Miriam Hannah PARKER

Paternal grandparents: Job YOUNG , Hannah BARNES

Maternal grandparents: Abijah PARKER , Miriam JOHNSON

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George Fox married Caroline Amelia DURLAND 15 October 1836 in Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline Amelia DURLAND was born 6 April 1817 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Caroline Amelia died 14 December 1900 in Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Caroline Amelia was the child of Daniel DURLAND and Sarah HAWKESWORTH.

George Fox YOUNG died 14 July 1889 in Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Caroline Amelia DURLAND
Marriage date: 15 October 1836
Marriage place: Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Caroline Amelia DURLAND was the child of Daniel DURLAND and Sarah HAWKESWORTH

Children of George Fox YOUNG and Caroline Amelia DURLAND

Obediah Parker YOUNG

Born: 25 February 1828, New Germany, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 27 December 1916, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Maryann "Annie" CASHMAN 20 July 1864 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Birth — 1813
2 August 1813
Wilmot, Annapolis, 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

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Obediah Parker YOUNG was born 25 February 1828, New Germany, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

George Fox was 14 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Marriage / Partner
George Fox YOUNG and Caroline Amelia DURLAND 15 October 1836, Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Obediah Parker YOUNG married 20 July 1864, , Nova Scotia, Canada to Maryann "Annie" CASHMAN

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.