Thomas JONES

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abt. 1812 , Cooks Cove, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

5 November 1893 , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Thomas JONES Mary HORTON

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Born: abt. 1812 in Cooks Cove, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Thomas JONES

Mother: Mary HORTON

Maternal grandparents: Isaiah HORTON , Anna WOOD

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Thomas married Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS 19 July 1837 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS was born 1 September 1818 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Ann "Annie" died 1 June 1903 in Cooks Cove, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Ann "Annie" was the child of William SPANKS and Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT.

Thomas JONES died 5 November 1893 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS
Marriage date: 19 July 1837
Marriage place: Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS was the child of William SPANKS and Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT

Children of Thomas JONES and Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS

Charles Edward JONES

Born: 20 September 1844, Cooks Cove, Guyborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 19 February 1934, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Mary Elizabeth BEDFORD 22 October 1864

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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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas JONES and Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS 19 July 1837, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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
Charles Edward JONES was born 20 September 1844, Cooks Cove, Guyborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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.