Mary Ellen COLFORD

Born

15 March 1843 , Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

22 December 1903 , Howard, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Mary Ellen married Thomas MORAN 26 November 1878 in Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas MORAN was born 1 May 1831 in Upper Blackville, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. Thomas died 7 December 1893 in Upper Blackville, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary Ellen COLFORD

Mary Ellen COLFORD married

Thomas MORAN
Marriage date: 26 November 1878
Marriage place: Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Thomas MORAN and Mary Ellen COLFORD

Mary Helena MORAN

Born: 25 March 1882, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1954,

Married: Florence Hugh KEENAN 18 July 1905

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Birth — 1843
15 March 1843
Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Marriage / Partner
Mary Ellen COLFORD and Thomas MORAN 26 November 1878, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 35 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1882 Birth of Child
Mary Helena MORAN was born 25 March 1882, Blackville, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Mary Ellen was 39 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada