Abigail DURKEE

Born

Died

October 1896 , South Ohio, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abigail married Josiah CANN 12 November 1840 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josiah CANN was born abt. 1819 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Josiah died 11 March 1891 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Josiah was the child of Jesse CANN and Abigail CROSBY .

Parents & Family of Abigail DURKEE

Parents of Abigail DURKEE

Father

Robert DURKEE

Mother

Frances "Fanny" TEDFORD

Grandparents of Abigail DURKEE

Paternal grandparents

Robert DURKEE Abigail ROGERS

Maternal grandparents

Jacob TEDFORD Anna PORTER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abigail DURKEE

Abigail DURKEE married

Josiah CANN
Marriage date: 12 November 1840
Marriage place: Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Josiah CANN was the child of Jesse CANN and Abigail CROSBY

Children of Josiah CANN and Abigail DURKEE

Wealthy Eva CANN

Born: 27 June 1860, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 13 February 1943,

Married: Samuel Gardner FROST 25 December 1877

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Abigail DURKEE.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Abigail DURKEE.

How to read this timeline
Records about Abigail DURKEE and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

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

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)

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.