Christianna Christie SPENCE

Born

abt. 1804 , Ft Edmonton, North West Territories, Canada

Died

abt. 1877 , Ft Victoria, North West Territories, Canada

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Magnus SPENCE Cristianna UNKNOWN

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Born: abt. 1804 in Ft Edmonton, North West Territories, Canada

Father: Magnus SPENCE

Mother: Cristianna UNKNOWN

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Christianna Christie married Peter WHITFORD 27 November 1820 in Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Peter WHITFORD was born June 1793 in York Factory, Manitoba, Canada. Peter died 5 May 1883 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Peter was the child of James Peter WHITFORD and Sarah UNKNOWN.

Christianna Christie SPENCE died abt. 1877 in Ft Victoria, North West Territories, Canada.
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Christianna Christie SPENCE married

Peter WHITFORD
Marriage date: 27 November 1820
Marriage place: Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, Canada
Peter WHITFORD was the child of James Peter WHITFORD and Sarah UNKNOWN

Children of Peter WHITFORD and Christianna Christie SPENCE

Charles C WHITFORD

Born: 8 May 1838 , Red River Settlement, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 14 November 1912, Tofield, Division No. 10, Alberta, Canada

Married: Nancy ANDERSON 4 December 1858

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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 Marriage / Partner
Christianna Christie SPENCE and Peter WHITFORD 27 November 1820, Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, 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

1838 Birth of Child
Charles C WHITFORD was born 8 May 1838 , Red River Settlement, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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

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.