Caroline Amelia DURLAND

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6 April 1817 , Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

14 December 1900 , Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Daniel DURLAND Sarah HAWKESWORTH

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Born: 6 April 1817 in Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Daniel DURLAND

Mother: Sarah HAWKESWORTH

Paternal grandparents: Daniel DURLAND , Sarah DEMOTT

Maternal grandparents: Adam HAWKESWORTH , Elizabeth WEDGEWOOD

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Caroline Amelia married George Fox YOUNG 15 October 1836 in Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George Fox YOUNG was born 2 August 1813 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. George Fox died 14 July 1889 in Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. George Fox was the child of William YOUNG and Miriam Hannah PARKER.

Caroline Amelia DURLAND died 14 December 1900 in Nicholsville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Caroline Amelia DURLAND married

George Fox YOUNG
Marriage date: 15 October 1836
Marriage place: Wilmot Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
George Fox YOUNG was the child of William YOUNG and Miriam Hannah PARKER

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 — 1817
6 April 1817
Nova Scotia, Canada

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

Caroline Amelia was 10 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

She was 19 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.