Thomas William DUNCAN

Born

6 December 1808 , Clarks Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

2 September 1876 , Whitehead, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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David DUNCAN Mary PERRY

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Born: 6 December 1808 in Clarks Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: David DUNCAN

Mother: Mary PERRY

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Thomas William married Mahala NICKERSON abt. 1839 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mahala NICKERSON was born 21 April 1816 in Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mahala died March 1852 in Sheet Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mahala was the child of John NICKERSON and Dorothy James BURKE.

Thomas William DUNCAN died 2 September 1876 in Whitehead, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Thomas William DUNCAN married

Mahala NICKERSON
Marriage date: abt. 1839
Marriage place: Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mahala NICKERSON was the child of John NICKERSON and Dorothy James BURKE

Children of Thomas William DUNCAN and Mahala NICKERSON

Zilpha Ann DUNCAN

Born: 24 November 1844, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 6 July 1937, Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Obediah William CROWELL 6 February 1865

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Birth — 1808
6 December 1808
Clarks Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, 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

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Zilpha Ann DUNCAN was born 24 November 1844, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Thomas William was 35 years old.

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mahala NICKERSON died March 1852, Sheet Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.