Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

(b. abt. 1761 , d. abt. 1848 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON was born abt. 1761

Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON was the child of ? and ?

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Marguerite (Margaret) married John THOMAS 8 November 1784 in London, England . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
John THOMAS was born abt. 1760 John died abt. 1790 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia).

Marguerite (Margaret) married (2) William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) 8 November 1794 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born abt. 1775 in Mirimachi, Alnwick, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. William died 22 January 1850 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). William was the child of William DRYSDALE and Mary CUMMINGS.

Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON died abt. 1848 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .

daughter of David Higginson and Janet Henderson

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Family and Children of Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON

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Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON married

John THOMAS-- Date: 8 November 1784 Place: London, England
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Name: John Thomas
Spouse Name: Margaret Higginson
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 8 Nov 1784
Parish: Whitechapel St Mary
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Register

Ancestry.com. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Metropolitan Archives, London.

Children of John THOMAS and Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON:

John (Jean) THOMAS (b.9 February 1787, Charlottetown, St. John's Island d. 17 January 1875, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW) 23 January 1815 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Eleonore Hélène THOMAS (b.abt. 1790, , St. John's Island, Canada d. abt. 1848, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. John James Henry (Jacques) ASHFORD (HACHEFORD) 1822 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON married

William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL)-- Date: 8 November 1794 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was the child of William DRYSDALE and Mary CUMMINGS

Children of William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) and Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON:

William DRYSDELL (DRISDELLE) (b.abt. 1796, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Marie MALLET (MALAIS) 7 February 1819 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Thomas Phillip DRYSDALE (b.abt. 1798, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Edward DRYSDALE (b.abt. 1801, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

George DRYSDALE (b.abt. 1803, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 16 July 1872, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )
m. Marie Geneviève COMEAU 18 November 1824 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Mary Ann Nancy DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) (b.6 February 1805, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 10 February 1893, Inkerman, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. John Patrick "Patsy" KENNY 26 August 1837

Edouard DRESDELL (b.16 January 1808, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON and John THOMAS 8 November 1784, London, England

Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON - 1784 Marriage

1784 Marriage

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1787 Birth of Child
John (Jean) THOMAS was born 9 February 1787, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite (Margaret) HIGGINSON and William DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) 8 November 1794, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Birth of Child
Mary Ann Nancy DRYSDALE (DRESDELL) was born 6 February 1805, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1808 Birth of Child
Edouard DRESDELL was born 16 January 1808, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1815 Marriage of Child
John (Jean) THOMAS married 23 January 1815 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Brigitte Marguerite MCGRATH (MCGRAW)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1819 Marriage of Child
William DRYSDELL (DRISDELLE) married 7 February 1819, Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada to Marie MALLET (MALAIS)

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

1824 Marriage of Child
George DRYSDALE married 18 November 1824, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Marie Geneviève COMEAU

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)