Zephaniah GRIMES

Born

June 1803 , Sharon, Vermont, USA

Died

1 February 1885 , Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Zephaniah GRIMES Abigail HUNTER

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Born: June 1803 in Sharon, Vermont, USA

Father: Zephaniah GRIMES

Mother: Abigail HUNTER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GRIMES , Huldah WHEELOCK

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Zephaniah married Lorinda SWEET 27 November 1825 in Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Lorinda SWEET was born 6 August 1807 in Canada. Lorinda died 30 March 1881 in Brome, Quebec, Canada. Lorinda was the child of Philip SWEET and Elizabeth SHERWILL.

Zephaniah GRIMES died 1 February 1885 in Brome, Quebec, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
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farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Spouse & Children of Zephaniah GRIMES

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Zephaniah GRIMES married

Lorinda SWEET
Marriage date: 27 November 1825
Marriage place: Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
Lorinda SWEET was the child of Philip SWEET and Elizabeth SHERWILL

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Children of Zephaniah GRIMES and Lorinda SWEET

Sarah-Eliza GRIMES

Born: abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 July 1906, , Prince Edward Island, Canada

Married: Orange Nelson MCPHERSON 1850

Rosilla GRIMES

Born: abt. 1828, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Diantha Ann GRIMES

Born: abt. 1830, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: 28 December 1882, Maine, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA

Married: John Milton BICKFORD 5 January 1852 Place: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable)

Drusilla Lorinda GRIMES

Born: 13 February 1831, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: 12 December 1921, Vancouver, Washington, USA

Henry-Marshall GRIMES

Born: 2 July 1836, Sutton, Lower Canada
Died: 19 July 1891, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Married: Julia Ann DAMON 5 June 1860

Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES

Born: 23 November 1849, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: 23 February 1936, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Married: Margaret Ann FLETCHER 2 August 1869

Married: Nancy Jane CHURCH 1875

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Birth — 1803
June 1803
Sharon, Vermont, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Zephaniah GRIMES and Lorinda SWEET 27 November 1825, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1825 - Sutton, Quebec, Canada
Birth Name
Given Name: Zepheniah
Surname: Grimes
Name Suffix:
1825 Lower Canada Census
Census

Date: 1825
Place
Country: Canada
Place: Sutton, Bedford, Quebec, Canada
Province: Quebec
Source Reference: MG 31 C1
Household Member Count: 1
Source Page Number: 845 846

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1825 Lower Canada Census

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)

1831 Birth of Child
Drusilla Lorinda GRIMES was born 13 February 1831, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Zephaniah was 27 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Henry-Marshall GRIMES was born 2 July 1836, Sutton, Québec, Canada (Sutton Flats)

Zephaniah was 33 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1842 - Brome, Quebec
Birth Name
Given Name: Zaphaniah
Surname: Grimes
Name Suffix: 1842 Lower Canada Census
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Date: 1842
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Place
Country: Canada
Place: Brome, Shefford, Quebec, Canada
Province: Quebec
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Date: 1842
Place: Brome, Shefford, Quebec, Canada
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Source Reference: MG 31 C1
Occupation: Farmer
Household Member Count: 9
Source Page Number: 2559

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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)

1849 Birth of Child
Joseph Lorenzo GRIMES was born 23 November 1849, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Zephaniah was 46 years old.

1852 Marriage of Child
Diantha Ann GRIMES married 5 January 1852, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA (Dunstable) to John Milton BICKFORD

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Zepaniah Grimes, farmer, born Canada East, religion Congregationalist, age 58
Lorinda Grimes, born Canada East, religion Congregationalist, age 53
R. B. Grimes, Laborer, born Canada East, religion Protestant, age 28
Sarah Grimes, born Canada East, religion Protestant, age 35
Joseph Grimes, born Canada East, religion Protestant, age 11
Elian McPherson, born Canada East, religion Protestant, age 7

Canada, Quebec Census, 1861

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 - Brome, Quebec, Canada
Name Zephaniah Grimis
Sex Male
Age 67 years
Birth Date 1804
Birth Year (Estimated) 1804
Birthplace Q
Marital Status Married
Nationality English
Religion Congregationalist
Event Type Census
Event Date 1871
Event Place

Brome, Brome, Quebec, Canada

Sub-District Brome
Household Identifier 89
House Number 83
Line Number 1
Page Number 22
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Lorinda Grimis
F
62 years
Q

Alpha Mc Phersons
M
19 years
Q

1871 Canadian Census
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)