Jane FERGUSSON

Born

abt. 1790 , Gaspé, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

24 December 1864 , Cape Cove, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada

Jane married Fitz Hugh LUCAS 6 August 1808 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Fitz Hugh LUCAS was born abt. 1765 in Plympton, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Fitz Hugh was the child of Abiel LUCAS and Desire STURTEVANT .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jane FERGUSSON

Jane FERGUSSON married

Fitz Hugh LUCAS
Marriage date: 6 August 1808
Marriage place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Fitz Hugh LUCAS was the child of Abiel LUCAS and Desire STURTEVANT

Children of Fitz Hugh LUCAS and Jane FERGUSSON

Mary LUCAS

Born: 16 August 1808, Cape Cove, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada
Died: 17 December 1863, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: William-Percival HUNT 3 June 1840

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Jane FERGUSSON and Fitz Hugh LUCAS 6 August 1808, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1808 Birth of Child
Mary LUCAS was born 16 August 1808, Cape Cove, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, 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)

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

1863 Death of Child
Mary LUCAS died 17 December 1863, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Death — 1864
24 December 1864
Cape Cove, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada

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