Martha TREFRY

(b. 25 November 1802 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1876 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Martha TREFRY was born 25 November 1802 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Martha TREFRY was the child of Thomas B TREFRY and Martha H ALLEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joshua Pitman TREFRY and Mary Eleanor ALLEN (maternal) James ALLEN and Elizabeth MAIN

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Martha married Stephen NICHOLS 27 July 1826 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Stephen NICHOLS was born abt. 1792 in Joggins, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stephen died 10 April 1878 in Rossway, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stephen was the child of John Richard NICHOLS and Catherine WERNER.

Martha TREFRY died abt. 1876 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Martha TREFRY married

Stephen NICHOLS-- Date: 27 July 1826 Place: Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Stephen NICHOLS was the child of John Richard NICHOLS and Catherine WERNER

Children of Stephen NICHOLS and Martha TREFRY:

Charles Edward NICHOLS (b.17 October 1835, Rossway, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 30 September 1922, )
m. Hannah Jane GRAFTON 1863 in , Nova Scotia, Canada

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1802 Birth
25 November 1802
Digby, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Martha TREFRY and Stephen NICHOLS 27 July 1826, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 23 years old.

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

1835 Birth of Child
Charles Edward NICHOLS was born 17 October 1835, Rossway, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Martha was 32 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

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.