Deborah FARNSWORTH

Born

1 July 1782 , Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

18 September 1870 , Harbourville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Joel FARNSWORTH Abigail FALES

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Born: 1 July 1782 in Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Joel FARNSWORTH

Mother: Abigail FALES

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Deborah married John RAY abt. 1801 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John RAY was born abt. 1777 in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. John died 11 May 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. John was the child of Moses RAY and Annis BARNES.

Deborah FARNSWORTH died 18 September 1870 in Harbourville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Deborah FARNSWORTH married

John RAY
Marriage date: abt. 1801
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
John RAY was the child of Moses RAY and Annis BARNES

Children of John RAY and Deborah FARNSWORTH

Judson RAY

Born: abt. 1828, Harbourville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Lavinia RHODES 1850

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Birth — 1782
1 July 1782
Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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.