Sarah-Hannah COFFIN

Born

abt. 1818 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

30 June 1872 , Gaspé, Québec, Canada

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Phililp COFFIN Margaret MCRAE

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Born: abt. 1818 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Phililp COFFIN

Mother: Margaret MCRAE

Paternal grandparents: Abraham COFFIN , Hannah ASCAH

Maternal grandparents: Alexander MCRAE , Theresa THOMPSON

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Sarah-Hannah married Abraham COFFIN 1 August 1846 in Gaspé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham COFFIN was born abt. 1819 in Wakeham, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Abraham died abt. 1874 in York, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. Abraham was the child of James Abraham COFFIN and Anabella BOYLE.

Sarah-Hannah COFFIN died 30 June 1872 in Gaspé, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Sarah-Hannah COFFIN married

Abraham COFFIN
Marriage date: 1 August 1846
Marriage place: Gaspé, Canada East
Abraham COFFIN was the child of James Abraham COFFIN and Anabella BOYLE

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Children of Abraham COFFIN and Sarah-Hannah COFFIN

Edward Henry Mcgregor COFFIN

Born: 17 June 1851, York, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada
Died: 9 April 1924, Sunny Bank, Gaspé, Quebéc, Canada

Married: Caroline Jane GRANT 11 November 1885 Place: Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe)

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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

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 Marriage / Partner
Sarah-Hannah COFFIN and Abraham COFFIN 1 August 1846, Gaspé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Albert-de-Gaspe)

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

1851 Birth of Child
Edward Henry Mcgregor COFFIN was born 17 June 1851, York, Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

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.