Edward Harvey CHRISTIE

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30 May 1828 , Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

6 December 1902 , Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Jacob CHRISTIE Martha A NICKERSON

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Born: 30 May 1828 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Jacob CHRISTIE

Mother: Martha A NICKERSON

Paternal grandparents: Obediah CHRISTIE , Elizabeth GLANCE

Maternal grandparents: Anson James NICKERSON , Margaret GLANCE

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Edward Harvey married Margaret Ann FLEMING 23 December 1852 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret Ann FLEMING was born 21 March 1837 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret Ann died 26 March 1894 in Brass Hill, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Margaret Ann was the child of Edward FLEMING and Rebecca GOULDEN.

Edward Harvey CHRISTIE died 6 December 1902 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Edward Harvey CHRISTIE married

Margaret Ann FLEMING
Marriage date: 23 December 1852
Marriage place: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret Ann FLEMING was the child of Edward FLEMING and Rebecca GOULDEN

Children of Edward Harvey CHRISTIE and Margaret Ann FLEMING

Florence Effie Jeanette CHRISTIE

Born: 26 August 1873, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 26 March 1899, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Georg Richard CLAESSON 19 November 1895

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Birth — 1828
30 May 1828
Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

1852 Marriage / Partner
Edward Harvey CHRISTIE and Margaret Ann FLEMING 23 December 1852, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 24 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.

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 Birth of Child
Florence Effie Jeanette CHRISTIE was born 26 August 1873, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Edward Harvey was 45 years old.

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 - 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)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 Death of Spouse/Partner
Margaret Ann FLEMING died 26 March 1894, Brass Hill, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1899 Death of Child
Florence Effie Jeanette CHRISTIE died 26 March 1899, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Edward Harvey was 70 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

Death — 1902
6 December 1902
Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 74.

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