Cornelius GEE

(b. abt. 1798 , Upper Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada d. 27 March 1873 , Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Cornelius GEE was born abt. 1798 in Upper Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Cornelius GEE was the child of Cornelius GEE and Rachel FOWLER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Thomas FOWLER and Margaret Mary Polly UNKNOWN

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Cornelius married Hannah PARTRIDGE 18 November 1818 in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah PARTRIDGE was born abt. 1799 in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Hannah died abt. 1856 Hannah was the child of Jonas PARTRIDGE and Mary UNKNOWN.

Cornelius GEE died 27 March 1873 in Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Cornelius GEE married

Hannah PARTRIDGE-- Date: 18 November 1818 Place: Bath, New Brunswick, Canada
Hannah PARTRIDGE was the child of Jonas PARTRIDGE and Mary UNKNOWN

Children of Cornelius GEE and Hannah PARTRIDGE:

Jane GEE (b.5 October 1841, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada d. 7 March 1913, )
m. Charles DEMERCHANT 26 September 1860

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

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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Cornelius GEE and Hannah PARTRIDGE 18 November 1818, Bath, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1841 Birth of Child
Jane GEE was born 5 October 1841, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, 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

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.