John MCGREGOR
Born: 5 July 1850, New Richmond, Canada East
Died: 5 July 1927, Jacquet River, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 5 July 1927, Jacquet River, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Married: Ellen DEMPSEY 4 February 1872
William
MCGREGOR
Born
abt. 1811
,
Scotland
Died
2 November 1872
,
New Richmond, Québec, Canada
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William MCGREGOR married 
Elizabeth MURPHY
Marriage date: 1 July 1839
Marriage place: New Richmond, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Elizabeth MURPHYMarriage date: 1 July 1839
Marriage place: New Richmond, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of William MCGREGOR and Elizabeth MURPHY
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
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1839 Marriage / PartnerWilliam MCGREGOR and Elizabeth MURPHY 1 July 1839, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)
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)
1850 Birth of ChildJohn MCGREGOR was born 5 July 1850, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Death — 18722 November 1872
New Richmond, Québec, Canada
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