Ann Frances CANNING

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November 1838 , Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

2 May 1895 , Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: November 1838 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Ann Frances married Michael CASHMAN January 1859 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michael CASHMAN was born January 1835 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Michael died June 1890 in Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Michael was the child of John CASHMAN and Johanna CLANCY.

Ann Frances CANNING died 2 May 1895 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Ann Frances CANNING married

Michael CASHMAN
Marriage date: January 1859
Marriage place: Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Michael CASHMAN was the child of John CASHMAN and Johanna CLANCY

Children of Michael CASHMAN and Ann Frances CANNING

Genevieve Mary "Jennie" CASHMAN

Born: 8 September 1877, Brookfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 11 October 1961, Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Silas J FRENCH 24 July 1906 Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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Birth — 1838
November 1838
Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Ann Frances CANNING and Michael CASHMAN January 1859, Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1877 Birth of Child
Genevieve Mary "Jennie" CASHMAN was born 8 September 1877, Brookfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ann Frances was 38 years old.

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

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)