Telesphore MCGRATH

Born

3 January 1821 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

18 November 1896 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Michel MCGRATH (MCGRAW)Marie Brigitte BRIDEAU

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Born: 3 January 1821 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Michel MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Mother: Marie Brigitte BRIDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW) , Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Maternal grandparents: François BRIDEAU , Anne Marie MAZEROLLE

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Telesphore married Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE 23 May 1845 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE was born 3 September 1827 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Marguerite died abt. 1866 Marie Marguerite was the child of Romain MAZEROLLE and Marie Geneviève LOSIER.

Telesphore MCGRATH died 18 November 1896 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .

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Telesphore MCGRATH married

Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE
Marriage date: 23 May 1845
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE was the child of Romain MAZEROLLE and Marie Geneviève LOSIER

Children of Telesphore MCGRATH and Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE

Edward Thadee MCGRATH

Born: 8 June 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 23 November 1918, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Adele LEBOUTHILLIER 12 April 1880 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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Birth — 1821
3 January 1821
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

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Telesphore MCGRATH and Marie Marguerite MAZEROLLE 23 May 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 24 years old.

1845 marriage

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

1846 Birth of Child
Edward Thadee MCGRATH was born 8 June 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Telesphore was 25 years old.

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.