Josiah CANN

(b. abt. 1819 , Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 11 March 1891 , Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Josiah CANN was born abt. 1819 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Josiah CANN was the child of Jesse CANN and Abigail CROSBY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Hugh English CANN and Elizabeth PORTER (maternal) James CROSBY and Mary PATTEN

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Josiah married Abigail DURKEE 12 November 1840 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail DURKEE was born abt. 1815 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Abigail died October 1896 in South Ohio, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abigail was the child of Robert DURKEE and Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD.

Josiah CANN died 11 March 1891 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Josiah CANN married

Abigail DURKEE-- Date: 12 November 1840 Place: Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail DURKEE was the child of Robert DURKEE and Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD

Children of Josiah CANN and Abigail DURKEE:

Wealthy Eva CANN (b.27 June 1860, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 13 February 1943, )
m. Samuel Gardner FROST 25 December 1877

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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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Josiah CANN and Abigail DURKEE 12 November 1840, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Wealthy Eva CANN was born 27 June 1860, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.