William GRAHAM

Born

abt. 1807 , Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died

4 December 1870 , Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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William GRAHAM Catherine MACKENZIE

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Born: abt. 1807 in Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Father: William GRAHAM

Mother: Catherine MACKENZIE

Paternal grandparents: William GRAHAM , Janet ROGERSON

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William married Margaret FARISH 11 June 1829 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret FARISH was born 2 June 1803 in Torthorwold, Dumfries, Scotland. Margaret died abt. 1876 in Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Margaret was the child of James FARISH and Mary Ann SWAN.

William GRAHAM died 4 December 1870 in Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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William GRAHAM married

Margaret FARISH
Marriage date: 11 June 1829
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Margaret FARISH was the child of James FARISH and Mary Ann SWAN

Children of William GRAHAM and Margaret FARISH

William W GRAHAM

Born: 1 December 1832, Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 3 December 1910, Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Married: Jane SENCABAUGH 16 October 1862

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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 - 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
William GRAHAM and Margaret FARISH 11 June 1829,

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
William W GRAHAM was born 1 December 1832, Gaspereaux, Kings, Prince Edward Island, 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.