Minerva WRIGHT

(b. 23 April 1807 , Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Upper Canada d. 12 June 1869 , Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada )

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Minerva WRIGHT was born 23 April 1807 in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Upper Canada

Minerva WRIGHT was the child of William Boltwood WRIGHT and Rachael WING

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Minerva married Charles Quemans DUDLEY October 1825 in Ogdensburg, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Quemans DUDLEY was born abt. 1794 in Vermont, USA. Charles Quemans died abt. 1858 in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Charles Quemans was the child of Nathan DUDLEY and Jemima MALLORY.

Minerva WRIGHT died 12 June 1869 in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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Minerva WRIGHT married

Charles Quemans DUDLEY-- Date: October 1825 Place: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Charles Quemans DUDLEY was the child of Nathan DUDLEY and Jemima MALLORY

Children of Charles Quemans DUDLEY and Minerva WRIGHT:

George Mallory DUDLEY (b.1 January 1830, Smiths Falls, Lanark, Upper Canada d. 26 December 1916, Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada)
m. Elizabeth Ann ROW 6 August 1856

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1807 Birth
23 April 1807
Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Upper 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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Minerva WRIGHT and Charles Quemans DUDLEY October 1825, Ogdensburg, New York, USA

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
George Mallory DUDLEY was born 1 January 1830, Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Minerva was 22 years old.

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

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.