Sarah
RAYCROFT
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Born: abt. 1826 in Perth, Lanark, Upper Canada
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Sarah married James LEE 24 October 1844 in Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James LEE was born abt. 1825 in Ontario, Canada.
Sarah RAYCROFT died 28 August 1884 in Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Sarah RAYCROFT
James LEEMarriage date: 24 October 1844
Marriage place: Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West*
Children of James LEE and Sarah RAYCROFT
Caroline LEEDied: 19 March 1925, Lanark, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
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1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - 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)
1844 Marriage / PartnerSarah RAYCROFT and James LEE 24 October 1844, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada*
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.
1861 Birth of ChildCaroline LEE was born January 1861, Tatlock, Darling, Lanark, Ontario, 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
Death — 188428 August 1884
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Record added: 10/10/2025 12:04:57 PM
Last updated: 11/16/2025 11:38:24 AM
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