Françoise FERGUSON

Born

27 January 1809 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

6 May 1888 , Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

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William FERGUSON Esther RICHARD

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Born: 27 January 1809 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: William FERGUSON

Mother: Esther RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph RICHARD , Marie Luce Eloise BOURG

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Françoise married Joseph SEWELL abt. 1826 . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Joseph SEWELL was born abt. 1803 in England (United Kingdom).

Françoise FERGUSON died 6 May 1888 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Françoise FERGUSON married

Joseph SEWELL
Marriage date: abt. 1826
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Children of Joseph SEWELL and Françoise FERGUSON

Guillaume SEWELL

Born: 3 May 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
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Anne SEWELL

Born: 22 January 1829, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
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Margaret SEWELL

Born: abt. 1840, , New Brunswick, Canada
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George SEWELL

Born: abt. 1842, , New Brunswick, Canada
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Robert SEWELL

Born: abt. 1845, , New Brunswick, Canada
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Albert SEWELL

Born: abt. 1847, , New Brunswick, Canada
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Richard SEWELL

Born: abt. 1848, , New Brunswick, Canada
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James (Jacques) SEWELL

Born: 13 April 1851, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1852, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Edmond SEWELL

Born: 12 April 1853, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada
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Birth — 1809
27 January 1809
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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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)

1827 Birth of Child
Guillaume SEWELL was born 3 May 1827, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Françoise was 18 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Anne SEWELL was born 22 January 1829, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Françoise was 20 years old.

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)

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)

1851 Birth of Child
James (Jacques) SEWELL was born 13 April 1851, , New Brunswick, Canada

Françoise was 42 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Edmond SEWELL was born 12 April 1853, Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Françoise was 44 years old.

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.