George E CRESS

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4 July 1827 , Clementsvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

18 May 1904 , Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Henry CRESS Annie HOOPER

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Born: 4 July 1827 in Clementsvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Henry CRESS

Mother: Annie HOOPER

Paternal grandparents: Johann Heinrich "Henry" CRESS , Christiana Kathryn KUPP

Maternal grandparents: Ezekiel Thomas HOOPER , Mary WILSON

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George E married Rebecca C SIMMONS 25 November 1852 in Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca C SIMMONS was born abt. 1814 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Rebecca C died abt. 1898 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

George E CRESS died 18 May 1904 in Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Rebecca C SIMMONS
Marriage date: 25 November 1852
Marriage place: Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of George E CRESS and Rebecca C SIMMONS

George Edward CRESS

Born: abt. 1857, Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, Canada
Died: 5 August 1891, Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Myrtle Ulanda TRIMPER 24 December 1887

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Birth — 1827
4 July 1827
Clementsvale, Annapolis, 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
George E CRESS and Rebecca C SIMMONS 25 November 1852, Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 25 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.