Moses HOLMES

Born

abt. 1789 , Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

1 August 1880 , Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Moses HOLMES Elizabeth GRAVES

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Born: abt. 1789 in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Moses HOLMES

Mother: Elizabeth GRAVES

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Moses married Olive BUBAR 5 August 1818 in Wakefield, York, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Olive BUBAR was born abt. 1799 in Marysville, Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Olive was the child of John William BUBAR and Elizabeth "Bettey" HOWLAND.

Moses HOLMES died 1 August 1880 in Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Moses HOLMES married

Olive BUBAR
Marriage date: 5 August 1818
Marriage place: Wakefield, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Olive BUBAR was the child of John William BUBAR and Elizabeth "Bettey" HOWLAND

Children of Moses HOLMES and Olive BUBAR

Frances Bubar HOLMES

Born: 13 September 1819, Bristol, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 2 March 1919, Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Edward Edmund KINNEY 1837

Hiram HOLMES

Born: June 1824, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 26 July 1890, Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Phoebe GREEN 1846

Salome HOLMES

Born: abt. 1828, Moose Mountain, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Benjamin HARTSGROVE 1844

Moses HOLMES

Born: 2 August 1831, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 15 March 1900, Woodland, Maine, USA

Married: Sophronia GREEN 1858

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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)

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
Moses HOLMES and Olive BUBAR 5 August 1818, Wakefield, York, New Brunswick, Canada

1819 Birth of Child
Frances Bubar HOLMES was born 13 September 1819, Bristol, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Hiram HOLMES was born June 1824, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1831 Birth of Child
Moses HOLMES was born 2 August 1831, , New Brunswick, Canada

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

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.