Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT

Born

abt. 1791 , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

abt. 1876 , Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Benjamin CRITCHETT Anna HORTON

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Born: abt. 1791 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Benjamin CRITCHETT

Mother: Anna HORTON

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Anna Lucretia married William SPANKS 5 December 1809 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William SPANKS was born 4 February 1788 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. William died 27 April 1876 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. William was the child of George SPANGS (SPANKS) and Mary YODER.

Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT died abt. 1876 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Anna Lucretia CRITCHETT married

William SPANKS
Marriage date: 5 December 1809
Marriage place: Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada
William SPANKS was the child of George SPANGS (SPANKS) and Mary YODER

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

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

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.