John Henry RIPLEY

Born

17 April 1795 , Nappan Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

8 August 1872 , Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 17 April 1795 in Nappan Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of John Henry RIPLEY

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Henry RIPLEY

Mother

Isabella Mary FAWCETT

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John Henry married Amelia Frances DICKENSON abt. 1817 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amelia Frances DICKENSON was born 6 November 1800 in Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

John Henry RIPLEY died 8 August 1872 in Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of John Henry RIPLEY

John Henry RIPLEY married

Amelia Frances DICKENSON
Marriage date: abt. 1817
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Children of John Henry RIPLEY and Amelia Frances DICKENSON

Mary RIPLEY

Born: 20 November 1817, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1901,

Married: James REID (READ) 8 March 1833

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Birth — 1795
17 April 1795
Nappan Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Mary RIPLEY was born 20 November 1817, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

John Henry was 22 years old.

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.