Alexander CUMMINGS

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22 April 1806 ,

Died

16 December 1868 ,

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Born: 22 April 1806

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Mother: Unknown

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Alexander married Douglass MCCAIG (MCCUIAG) abt. 1835 in Ormstown, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Douglass MCCAIG (MCCUIAG) was born abt. 1813 in Scotland (United Kingdom). Douglass died 23 November 1869 in North Georgetown, Beauhanois, Quebec, Canada.

Alexander CUMMINGS died 16 December 1868
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Alexander CUMMINGS married

Douglass MCCAIG (MCCUIAG)
Marriage date: abt. 1835
Marriage place: Ormstown, Lower Canada

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Children of Alexander CUMMINGS and Douglass MCCAIG (MCCUIAG)

Helen CUMMINGS

Born: 14 November 1841, Georgetown, Beauharnois, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada
Died: 15 June 1917, Georgetown, Beauharnois, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada

Married: Daniel SEEDS 1862

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1841 Birth of Child
Helen CUMMINGS was born 14 November 1841, Georgetown, Beauharnois, Beauharnois-Salaberry, Quebec, Canada

Alexander was 35 years old.

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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