Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Born

abt. 1796 , Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

17 April 1873 , Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Margaret Jane married Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER 10 March 1827 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER was born abt. 1784 in Scotland. Hugh Moore Mckinnon died 19 December 1855 in Harbourville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parents & Family of Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Parents of Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Father

Michael Nicholas WILLIGAR

Mother

Margaret Jane FORREST

Grandparents of Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

David FORREST Roseanna HUNTER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Margaret Jane WILLIGAR married

Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER
Marriage date: 10 March 1827
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Children of Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER and Margaret Jane WILLIGAR

Andrew Weldon AYER

Born: abt. 1828, Port Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 10 June 1886, Port Greville, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Amelia SPICER 2 April 1851

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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 Marriage / Partner
Margaret Jane WILLIGAR and Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER 10 March 1827,

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hugh Moore Mckinnon AYER died 19 December 1855, Harbourville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.