John Malcom FINNEGAN

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October 1798 , New Brunswick, Canada

Died

29 April 1884 , Rogersville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: October 1798 in New Brunswick, Canada

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John Malcom married Isabelle Mary ARSENEAU 28 November 1833 in Barachois, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabelle Mary ARSENEAU was born 6 March 1814 in New Brunswick, Canada. Isabelle Mary died 20 September 1882 in Rogersville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.

John Malcom FINNEGAN died 29 April 1884 in Rogersville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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John Malcom FINNEGAN married

Isabelle Mary ARSENEAU
Marriage date: 28 November 1833
Marriage place: Barachois, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of John Malcom FINNEGAN and Isabelle Mary ARSENEAU

Philippe Joseph FINNEGAN

Born: 17 March 1848, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Basilice MERCURE 22 November 1870 Place: Richibucto-Village, New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1798
October 1798
New Brunswick, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1833 Marriage / Partner
John Malcom FINNEGAN and Isabelle Mary ARSENEAU 28 November 1833, Barachois, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 35 years old.

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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Philippe Joseph FINNEGAN was born 17 March 1848, , New Brunswick, Canada

John Malcom was 49 years old.

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.