Catherine Grumble JOHNSTON

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30 November 1808 , New Brunswick, Canada

Died

30 November 1880 , Morrell, Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 30 November 1808 in New Brunswick, Canada

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Catherine Grumble married James MORRELL 2 May 1828 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James MORRELL was born 2 October 1807 in Darlington, Durham, England. James died abt. 1846 in Front River Settlement, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada.

Catherine Grumble JOHNSTON died 30 November 1880 in Morrell, Grand Falls, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Catherine Grumble JOHNSTON married

James MORRELL
Marriage date: 2 May 1828
Marriage place: Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of James MORRELL and Catherine Grumble JOHNSTON

George William MORRELL

Born: 21 April 1845, Cliffordvale, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 4 June 1928, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Susanna BRAYALL 3 December 1866 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1808
30 November 1808
New Brunswick, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Catherine Grumble JOHNSTON and James MORRELL 2 May 1828, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
George William MORRELL was born 21 April 1845, Cliffordvale, Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada

Catherine Grumble was 36 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)

1866 Marriage of Child
George William MORRELL married 3 December 1866, , New Brunswick, Canada to Susanna BRAYALL

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.