William SPANKS

Born

4 February 1788 , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

27 April 1876 , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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George SPANGS (SPANKS)Mary YODER

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Born: 4 February 1788 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: George SPANGS (SPANKS)

Mother: Mary YODER

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William married Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT 5 December 1809 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT was born abt. 1791 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Anna Lucretia died abt. 1876 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Anna Lucretia was the child of Benjamin CRITCHETT and Anna HORTON.

William SPANKS died 27 April 1876 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT
Marriage date: 5 December 1809
Marriage place: Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT was the child of Benjamin CRITCHETT and Anna HORTON

Children of William SPANKS and Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT

Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS

Born: 1 September 1818, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1 June 1903, Cooks Cove, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Thomas JONES 19 July 1837

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Birth — 1788
4 February 1788
Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
William SPANKS and Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT 5 December 1809, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Mary Ann "Annie" SPANKS was born 1 September 1818, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

William was 30 years old.

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.