Abigail VAUGHAN

(b. 7 October 1814 , Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 January 1875 , Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Abigail VAUGHAN was born 7 October 1814 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abigail VAUGHAN was the child of John Armstrong VAUGHAN and Rebecca SMITH and the grandchild of: (paternal) Anthony VAUGHAN and Anne ARMSTRONG

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Abigail married John William KEDDY 15 February 1835 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John William KEDDY was born 29 May 1808 in Gold River, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. John William died abt. 1875 in Nova Scotia, Canada. John William was the child of Matthias KEDDY and Anna Margaret BARKHOUSE.

Abigail VAUGHAN died 24 January 1875 in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Abigail VAUGHAN married

John William KEDDY-- Date: 15 February 1835 Place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
John William KEDDY was the child of Matthias KEDDY and Anna Margaret BARKHOUSE

Children of John William KEDDY and Abigail VAUGHAN:

Ann Rebecca KEDDY (b.26 December 1838, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 23 March 1884, Falmouth, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. John Thomas PATTERSON 1861

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1814 Birth
7 October 1814
Chester, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Abigail VAUGHAN and John William KEDDY 15 February 1835, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 20 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

1838 Birth of Child
Ann Rebecca KEDDY was born 26 December 1838, , Nova Scotia, Canada

Abigail was 24 years old.

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.