Mary Ann WATT

Born

29 January 1835 , Capeland, Quebec, Canada

Died

28 December 1888 , New Richmond, Québec, Canada

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Henry WATT Sarah HAMILTON

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Born: 29 January 1835 in Capeland, Quebec, Canada

Father: Henry WATT

Mother: Sarah HAMILTON

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Mary Ann married Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER 10 August 1858 in Hope Town, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was born 6 June 1835 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac). Hugh-Alexander died 19 December 1888 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac). Hugh-Alexander was the child of Gilbert MACWHIRTER and Janet COCHRANE.

Mary Ann WATT died 28 December 1888 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada .

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Mary Ann WATT married

Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER
Marriage date: 10 August 1858
Marriage place: Hope Town, Canada East
Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was the child of Gilbert MACWHIRTER and Janet COCHRANE

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

Children of Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER and Mary Ann WATT

Henry-Harry MACWHIRTER

Born: 10 May 1859, New Richmond, Canada East
Died: abt. 1940, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Gilbert-James MACWHIRTER

Born: 4 August 1863, New Richmond, Canada East
Died: 17 January 1954, Hope Town, Québec, Canada

Married: Henritta-Eva MCGEE 30 August 1893 Place: New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Married: Hannah-Amelia ROSS 15 December 1906 Place: Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Sarah Ellen MACWHIRTER

Born: 21 December 1865, New Richmond, Canada East
Died: 27 May 1931, Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan, USA

Janet "Jennifer" MACWHIRTER

Born: 18 October 1867, New Richmond, Canada East
Died: 4 July 1966, Dallas, Texas, USA

Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER

Born: 2 May 1868, New Richmond, Québec, Canada
Died: 16 January 1956, Hope Town, Québec, Canada

Martha Jane MACWHIRTER

Born: May 1871, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 January 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA

William Robert MACWHIRTER

Born: 26 September 1873, New Richmond, Québec, Canada
Died: 9 March 1928, St. Maries, Benewah, Idaho, USA

John Angus MACWHIRTER

Born: 17 March 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 December 1960, Alpena, Michigan, USA

Nathaniel Joshua MACWHIRTER

Born: 24 June 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada
Died: 5 May 1957, Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, USA

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Birth — 1835
29 January 1835
Capeland, Quebec, Canada

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 Marriage / Partner
Mary Ann WATT and Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER 10 August 1858, Hope Town, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Henry-Harry MACWHIRTER was born 10 May 1859, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 24 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Gilbert-James MACWHIRTER was born 4 August 1863, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Sarah Ellen MACWHIRTER was born 21 December 1865, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 30 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Janet "Jennifer" MACWHIRTER was born 18 October 1867, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 32 years old.

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

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

1868 Birth of Child
Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was born 2 May 1868, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 33 years old.

1871 - New Richmond, Quebec, Canada
Name: Mary Ann Mc Nhister
[Mary Ann McWhirter]
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital status: Married
Religion: Presbyterian
Origin: Scottish (Scotish)
Province: Quebec
District: Bonaventure
District Number: 169
Division: 02
Subdistrict: New Richmond
Subdistrict Number: e
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Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Mc Nhister 35
Mary Ann Mc Nhister 35
Henry Mc Nhister 12
Janet Mc Nhister 10
Gilbert Mc Nhister 7
Sarah Mc Nhister 6
Hughes Mc Nhister 3

1871 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1871 Birth of Child
Martha Jane MACWHIRTER was born May 1871, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Mary Ann was 36 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
William Robert MACWHIRTER was born 26 September 1873, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 38 years old.

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 Birth of Child
John Angus MACWHIRTER was born 17 March 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 43 years old.

1878 Birth of Child
Nathaniel Joshua MACWHIRTER was born 24 June 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Mary Ann was 43 years old.

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

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

1881 - New Richmond, Quebec
Name: May McKansther
[May McWhirter]
[Mary Ann Watt]
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Age: 46
Birth Year: 1835
Birthplace: Quebec
Religion: Canada Presbyterian Church
Nationality: Ecossaise (Scotish)
Province: Quebec
District Number: 38
District: Bonaventure
Sub-District Number: G
Subdistrict: New Richmond
Division: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh McKansther 47
May McKansther 46
Henry McKansther 23
Jeanette McKansther 21
Gilbert McKansther 18
Sarala McKansther 16
Alexander McKansther 13
Martha McKansther 11
William McKansther 8
John McKansther 6
Nathaniel McKansther 4
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

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.