Ruth
HOBBS
Born
abt. 1826
,
Québec Province, Canada
Died
9 November 1895
,
Cornwallis Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada
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Born: abt. 1826 in Québec Province, Canada
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Ruth married Andrew KIDD abt. 1846 in Montague Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andrew KIDD was born 20 February 1816 in Coan Townlands, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Andrew died abt. 1875 in Howick Township, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
Ruth HOBBS died 9 November 1895 in Cornwallis Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Ruth HOBBS
Ruth HOBBS married 
Andrew KIDD
Marriage date: abt. 1846
Marriage place: Montague Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Andrew KIDDMarriage date: abt. 1846
Marriage place: Montague Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Children of Andrew KIDD and Ruth HOBBS
George KIDDBorn: abt. 1853, Montague, Lanark, Canada West
Died: 20 January 1922, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 20 January 1922, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Married: Elizabeth FARLEY 26 March 1879
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1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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.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. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 18959 November 1895
Cornwallis Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada
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