Thomas SINCLAIR

Born

abt. 1810 , Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

Died

22 March 1870 , St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada

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William SINCLAIR Margaret Nahouway NORTON

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Born: abt. 1810 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

Father: William SINCLAIR

Mother: Margaret Nahouway NORTON

Maternal grandparents: Moses NORTON , Maragaret (Meo See Tak Ka) HOLDEN

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Thomas married Hannah CUMMINGS 8 February 1832 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah CUMMINGS was born abt. 1812 in Fort Dauphlin, Swan River, Manitoba, Canada. Hannah died 23 October 1846 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada. Hannah was the child of Cuthbert CUMMING and Susette MACKIE.

Thomas SINCLAIR died 22 March 1870 in St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada.
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Thomas SINCLAIR married

Hannah CUMMINGS
Marriage date: 8 February 1832
Marriage place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Hannah CUMMINGS was the child of Cuthbert CUMMING and Susette MACKIE

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Thomas SINCLAIR

Born: 9 April 1841, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 3 August 1888, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Harriet Maria TRUTHWAITE 5 April 1882

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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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Thomas SINCLAIR and Hannah CUMMINGS 8 February 1832, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Thomas SINCLAIR was born 9 April 1841, St Andrews, Red River Settement, Manitoba, 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)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hannah CUMMINGS died 23 October 1846, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

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

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.