John RATCHFORD

Born

abt. 1808 , New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

13 November 1879 , New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: abt. 1808 in New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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John married Anne LIVINGSTON 4 August 1835 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne LIVINGSTON was born abt. 1811 in New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Anne died 6 September 1896 in New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

John RATCHFORD died 13 November 1879 in New Victoria, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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John RATCHFORD married

Anne LIVINGSTON
Marriage date: 4 August 1835
Marriage place: Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of John RATCHFORD and Anne LIVINGSTON

Andrew RATCHFORD

Born: October 1839, Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 19 November 1909, Low Point, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Theresa LOCKMAN 15 August 1873

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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

1835 Marriage / Partner
John RATCHFORD and Anne LIVINGSTON 4 August 1835, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Andrew RATCHFORD was born October 1839, Low Point, Cape Breton, 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

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.