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immigrant flag male ancestor  Robert Clyde  ATKINSON

Born
abt. 1765 ,  Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died
11 October 1811 ,  Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Born: abt. 1765 in Dorchester, Dorset, England

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Robert Clyde  married  Hannah NICKERSON abt. 1785 in Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah NICKERSON  was born 29 September 1764 in Chatham, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  Hannah died 24 April 1864 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

Robert Clyde ATKINSON died 11 October 1811 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Robert Clyde ATKINSON married flag female ancestor Hannah NICKERSON
Marriage date: abt. 1785
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of Robert Clyde ATKINSON and Hannah NICKERSON

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Mary D ATKINSON
Born: 30 March 1786, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1826, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Archibald Smith BRANNEN 1802


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Invention 1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1786 Birth of Child
Mary D ATKINSON was born 30 March 1786, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Invention 1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)
Invention 1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)
DeathDeath — 1811
11 October 1811
Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
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