James REID (READ)

Born

17 November 1812 , Southampton, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

3 May 1885 , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 17 November 1812 in Southampton, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of James REID (READ)

Father

Thomas Burney READ

Mother

Sarah BROWN

Grandparents of James REID (READ)

Paternal grandparents

Robert READ Mary RIPLEY

Maternal grandparents

James BROWN Sarah HARRISON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

James married Mary RIPLEY 8 March 1833 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary RIPLEY was born 20 November 1817 in Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary died abt. 1901 Mary was the child of John Henry RIPLEY and Amelia Frances DICKENSON.

James REID (READ) died 3 May 1885 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of James REID (READ)

James REID (READ) married

Mary RIPLEY
Marriage date: 8 March 1833
Marriage place: Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary RIPLEY was the child of John Henry RIPLEY and Amelia Frances DICKENSON

Children of James REID (READ) and Mary RIPLEY

Selina Elizabeth REID

Born: 30 April 1848, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 21 August 1930, Chignecto, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Charles Dewolfe MACDONALD 23 September 1869

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Birth — 1812
17 November 1812
Southampton, Cumberland, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
James REID (READ) and Mary RIPLEY 8 March 1833, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 20 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
Selina Elizabeth REID was born 30 April 1848, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

James was 35 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.