John Jacob TURPLE

Born

16 September 1804 , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

5 March 1884 , Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Jacob married Grizella BARBRICK abt. 1836 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Grizella BARBRICK was born abt. 1806 in Lower Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Grizella died 8 February 1892 in Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parents & Family of John Jacob TURPLE

Parents of John Jacob TURPLE

Father

William TURPLE

Mother

Polly WISTON

Grandparents of John Jacob TURPLE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of John Jacob TURPLE

John Jacob TURPLE married

Grizella BARBRICK
Marriage date: abt. 1836
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Children of John Jacob TURPLE and Grizella BARBRICK

John Cambell TURPLE

Born: 13 July 1844, Shubenacadie, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 5 June 1925, Admiral Rock, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Mary Smith WATSON 19 June 1872

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Birth — 1804
16 September 1804
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 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)

1844 Birth of Child
John Cambell TURPLE was born 13 July 1844, Shubenacadie, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Jacob was 39 years old.

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

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.