Wealthy Eva CANN
Born: 27 June 1860, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 13 February 1943,
Died: 13 February 1943,
Married: Samuel Gardner FROST 25 December 1877
Josiah
CANN
Born
abt. 1819
,
Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
11 March 1891
,
Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Josiah CANN married Abigail DURKEE
Marriage date: 12 November 1840
Marriage place: Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail DURKEE was the child of Robert DURKEE and Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD
Abigail DURKEEMarriage date: 12 November 1840
Marriage place: Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail DURKEE was the child of Robert DURKEE and Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD
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1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1840 Marriage / PartnerJosiah 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)
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.
1860 Birth of ChildWealthy Eva CANN was born 27 June 1860, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 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.
Death — 189111 March 1891
Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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