Michael Gates WEMP

Born

abt. 1799 , Ernestown Twp, Lennox and Addington, Upper Canada

Died

14 July 1868 , Amherst Island, Loyalist, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

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Barnabus WEMP Catherine Mary GATES

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Born: abt. 1799 in Ernestown Twp, Lennox and Addington, Upper Canada

Father: Barnabus WEMP

Mother: Catherine Mary GATES

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Michael Gates married Eleanor Maria GEORGE abt. 1821 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleanor Maria GEORGE was born abt. 1802 in Canada. Eleanor Maria died 11 July 1847 in Bath, Loyalist, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. Eleanor Maria was the child of John GEORGE and .

Michael Gates WEMP died 14 July 1868 in Amherst Island, Loyalist, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
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Eleanor Maria GEORGE
Marriage date: abt. 1821
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Eleanor Maria GEORGE was the child of John GEORGE

Children of Michael Gates WEMP and Eleanor Maria GEORGE

Amanda Minerva WEMP

Born: 17 September 1837, Amherst Island, Lennox and Addington, Upper Canada
Died: 24 February 1910, Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA

Married: Patrick GRAINGER 24 February 1857 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

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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.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Amanda Minerva WEMP was born 17 September 1837, Amherst Island, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, 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)

1847 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eleanor Maria GEORGE died 11 July 1847, Bath, Loyalist, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Amanda Minerva WEMP married 24 February 1857, , Nova Scotia, Canada to Patrick GRAINGER

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.