Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

Born

19 September 1812 , Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

17 December 1877 , Greenfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 19 September 1812 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

Father

John Alexander KEDDY

Mother

Mary Elizabeth LOHNES

Grandparents of Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

Paternal grandparents

John William KEDDY Maria Magdalena HALTER

Maternal grandparents

Johann Heinrich LOHNES Anna Charlotta MOSSMAN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Mary Elizabeth married Barnabas MILES 26 December 1833 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barnabas MILES was born abt. 1808 in Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Barnabas died 17 August 1893 Barnabas was the child of John MILES and Thankful FREEMAN.

Mary Elizabeth KEDDY died 17 December 1877 in Greenfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

Mary Elizabeth KEDDY married

Barnabas MILES
Marriage date: 26 December 1833
Marriage place: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Barnabas MILES was the child of John MILES and Thankful FREEMAN

Children of Barnabas MILES and Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

Annie MILES

Born: 9 September 1841, Hubbards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 16 May 1906, Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Edward Hiram FREEMAN 8 December 1862

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Birth — 1812
19 September 1812
Lunenburg, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Mary Elizabeth KEDDY and Barnabas MILES 26 December 1833, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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
Annie MILES was born 9 September 1841, Hubbards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mary Elizabeth was 28 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)

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.