Obeline MCGRATH

Born

26 August 1836 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

5 November 1871 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Obeline married James (Jacques) MCMAHON 15 February 1858 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
James (Jacques) MCMAHON was born 7 October 1831 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . James (Jacques) died 14 April 1916 in Cupar, Saskatchewan, Canada. James (Jacques) was the child of John MCMAHON and Marie Thérèse MCLAUGHLIN .

Parents & Family of Obeline MCGRATH

Parents of Obeline MCGRATH

Father

Urbain MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Mother

Euphrosine BRIDEAU

Grandparents of Obeline MCGRATH

Paternal grandparents

Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Maternal grandparents

Leon BRIDEAU Marie Euphronsine GAUDREAU (GAUTREAU)

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Obeline MCGRATH

Obeline MCGRATH married

James (Jacques) MCMAHON
Marriage date: 15 February 1858
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
James (Jacques) MCMAHON was the child of John MCMAHON and Marie Thérèse MCLAUGHLIN

Children of James (Jacques) MCMAHON and Obeline MCGRATH

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Birth — 1836
26 August 1836
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Baptism

30 May 1837 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick

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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 Marriage / Partner
Obeline MCGRATH and James (Jacques) MCMAHON 15 February 1858, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

She was 21 years old.

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.