Denis MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Born

8 August 1801 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

6 October 1879 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW)Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

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Born: 8 August 1801 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Michael Stephen MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

Mother: Brigitte-Félicité ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Maternal grandparents: François-Rene ROBERT dit LEBRETON , Marie-Thérèse BOISSEL

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Denis married Marie BENOIT 8 January 1821 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie BENOIT was born 19 February 1802 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie died abt. 1870 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Ursule LANDRY.

Denis MCGRATH (MCGRAW) died 6 October 1879 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Marie BENOIT
Marriage date: 8 January 1821
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Marie BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Ursule LANDRY

Children of Denis MCGRATH (MCGRAW) and Marie BENOIT

Saturnin MCGRATH

Born: 29 December 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Clemence BRIDEAU 29 July 1844 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marie Anne MCGRATH

Born: 29 February 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 13 December 1872,

Married: Charles Thomas SAULNIER (SONIER) 28 January 1845 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève MCGRATH

Born: August 1826, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Denis MCGRATH

Born: 25 December 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Michel MCGRATH

Born: 25 December 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

David MCGRATH

Born: 22 June 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Jean Denice MCGRAW (MCGRATH)

Born: 8 April 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 18 September 1917, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Marie Louise BASQUE 1 October 1883 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Jean MCGRATH

Born: 1 March 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Casimir MCGRATH

Born: 3 March 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Charles MCGRATH

Born: 15 March 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1801
8 August 1801
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Denis MCGRATH (MCGRAW) and Marie BENOIT 8 January 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 19 years old.

1821 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1821 Birth of Child
Saturnin MCGRATH was born 29 December 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 20 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Marie Anne MCGRATH was born 29 February 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 22 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Geneviève MCGRATH was born August 1826, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 24 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Denis MCGRATH was born 25 December 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 27 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Michel MCGRATH was born 25 December 1828, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 27 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
David MCGRATH was born 22 June 1831, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 29 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Jean Denice MCGRAW (MCGRATH) was born 8 April 1836, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 34 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Jean MCGRATH was born 1 March 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 38 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Casimir MCGRATH was born 3 March 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 41 years old.

1844 Marriage of Child
Saturnin MCGRATH married 29 July 1844, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Clemence BRIDEAU

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne MCGRATH married 28 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Charles Thomas SAULNIER (SONIER)

1845 Birth of Child
Charles MCGRATH was born 15 March 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Denis was 43 years old.

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.