Mary Jane
PERRY
Born
2 April 1835
,
Upper Canada
Died
13 February 1892
,
Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
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Born: 2 April 1835 in Upper Canada
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Mary Jane married Edward JEFFREY abt. 1857 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edward JEFFREY was born 11 January 1832 in England (United Kingdom). Edward died 12 August 1912 in Portland, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Jane PERRY died 13 February 1892 in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
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Children of Edward JEFFREY and Mary Jane PERRY
Lydia N JEFFREYBorn: abt. 1864, Portland, Frontenac, Canada West
Died: abt. 1895, , Ontario, Canada
Died: abt. 1895, , Ontario, Canada
Married: David James WALKER 30 November 1881
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Birth — 18352 April 1835
Upper Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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. 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
Death — 189213 February 1892
Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
She died at the age of 56.
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