Nicholas Archibald PARKS

(b. abt. 1819 , Plainfield, Thurlow Tp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada d. 20 April 1878 , Hungerford, Hastings, Ontario, Canada )

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Nicholas Archibald PARKS was born abt. 1819 in Plainfield, Thurlow Tp., Hastings Co., Upper Canada

Nicholas Archibald PARKS was the child of Archibald PARKS and Ephranum Catherina LENZY

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Nicholas Archibald married Aurilia Jane BADGLEY 19 November 1839 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurilia Jane BADGLEY was born May 1821 in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Aurilia Jane died 29 January 1901 in Concord, Jackson, Michigan, USA. Aurilia Jane was the child of John Anthony BADGLEY and Zephra LAWRENCE.

Nicholas Archibald PARKS died 20 April 1878 in Hungerford, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.
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Nicholas Archibald PARKS married

Aurilia Jane BADGLEY-- Date: 19 November 1839 Place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Aurilia Jane BADGLEY was the child of John Anthony BADGLEY and Zephra LAWRENCE

Children of Nicholas Archibald PARKS and Aurilia Jane BADGLEY:

John Fletcher PARKS (b.28 December 1860, Bridgeport, Canada West d. 12 December 1952, Sherwood, Branch, Michigan, USA)
m. Rose Cusick WATSON 1 January 1882 in , Michigan, USA

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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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Nicholas Archibald PARKS and Aurilia Jane BADGLEY 19 November 1839, Victoria, British Columbia, 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
John Fletcher PARKS was born 28 December 1860, Bridgeport, Ontario, 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.