Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Born

2 April 1820 , Drummondville, Lower Canada

Died

11 January 1911 , Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Gideon-Darby married Eliza WATKINS abt. 1846 in Drummondville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eliza WATKINS was born 27 March 1830 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Lower Canada . Eliza died 11 September 1881 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada . Eliza was the child of James WATKINS and Eleanor Helena TARLEY (DOERLE) .

Parents & Family of Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Parents of Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Father

Gideon Darby WRIGHT

Mother

Margaret CRAIG (KLEIN)

Grandparents of Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Andrew CRAIG Marie-Rose NADEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Gideon-Darby WRIGHT

Gideon-Darby WRIGHT married

Eliza WATKINS
Marriage date: abt. 1846
Marriage place: Drummondville, Canada East
Eliza WATKINS was the child of James WATKINS and Eleanor Helena TARLEY (DOERLE)

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Gideon-Darby WRIGHT and Eliza WATKINS

Edmund WRIGHT

Born: 10/27/1854, Drummondville, Canada East
Died: 09/09/1895, Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Married: Mary Agnes CLARK 4 May 1880

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1820
2 April 1820
Drummondville, Lower Canada

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Edmund WRIGHT was born 10/27/1854, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Gideon-Darby was 34 years old.

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

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

1881 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eliza WATKINS died 11 September 1881, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

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

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Death of Child
Edmund WRIGHT died 09/09/1895, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Gideon-Darby was 75 years old.

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

Death — 1911
11 January 1911
Drummondville, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 90.

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