Abraham MARSH

Born

27 January 1806 , Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada

Died

17 April 1884 , Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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Matthias MARSH Sarah RICHARDSON

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Abraham MARSH was born 27 January 1806 in Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada

Abraham MARSH was the child of Matthias MARSH and Sarah RICHARDSON

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nathan RICHARDSON and Phebe CROCKER

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Abraham married Abigail WHITTIER 9 August 1832 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail WHITTIER was born 4 July 1812 in New Portland, Maine, USA. Abigail died 28 November 1879 in Ameliasburgh, Ontario, Canada. Abigail was the child of Clarke WHITTIER and Sally WHITE.

Abraham MARSH died 17 April 1884 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
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Abraham MARSH married

Abigail WHITTIER-- Date: 9 August 1832 Place:
Abigail WHITTIER was the child of Clarke WHITTIER and Sally WHITE

Children of Abraham MARSH and Abigail WHITTIER

Hester Ann MARSH (b.27 July 1846, Consecon, Prince Edward, Canada d. 22 July 1910, Toronto, Ontario, Canada )
m. Marmaduke Louis PEARSON 24 June 1867

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1806 Birth
27 January 1806
Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MARSH and Abigail WHITTIER 9 August 1832,

He was 26 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)

1846 Birth of Child
Hester Ann MARSH was born 27 July 1846, Consecon, Prince Edward, Canada

Abraham was 40 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.