Elizabeth Ann GRANT

Born

16 January 1786 , Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

12 May 1876 , Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Elizabeth Ann married Peter MUSGRAVE 1 October 1805 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Peter MUSGRAVE was born 15 March 1783 in Manhattan, Crown Colony of New York . Peter died 1 August 1866 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parents & Family of Elizabeth Ann GRANT

Parents of Elizabeth Ann GRANT

Father

Charles GRANT

Mother

Nancy Ann GORDON

Grandparents of Elizabeth Ann GRANT

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elizabeth Ann GRANT

Elizabeth Ann GRANT married

Peter MUSGRAVE
Marriage date: 1 October 1805
Marriage place: Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of Peter MUSGRAVE and Elizabeth Ann GRANT

Ann Alice MUSGRAVE

Born: abt. 1809, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Died: abt. 1895,

Married: Thomas Francis MOFFATT 1830

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Birth — 1786
16 January 1786
Sydney, Cape Breton, 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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Ann GRANT and Peter MUSGRAVE 1 October 1805, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 19 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.

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)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Peter MUSGRAVE died 1 August 1866, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.