Peter William HICKEY

(b. 8 March 1829 , Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. 29 June 1876 , Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Peter William HICKEY was born 8 March 1829 in Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Peter William HICKEY was the child of John HICKEY and Marguerite AUDET dite LA POINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) John O'HICKEY and Marie MONARLY (MORIARTY) (maternal) Gabriel AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Cecile DESNOYERS

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Peter William married Mary Ann TONER 22 January 1856 in Nelson, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Mary Ann TONER was born January 1833 in Nelson, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Ann died 7 April 1897 in Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada. Mary Ann was the child of James TONER and Giles LENNON.

Peter William HICKEY died 29 June 1876 in Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Peter William HICKEY married

Mary Ann TONER-- Date: 22 January 1856 Place: Nelson, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
Mary Ann TONER was the child of James TONER and Giles LENNON

Children of Peter William HICKEY and Mary Ann TONER:

Mary Ann HICKEY (b.10 December 1860, Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 June 1950, Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. John Simon GOODINE 26 July 1880

James Peter HICKEY (b.16 March 1861, Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. 29 February 1932, Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Mary Jane SHANNON 7 January 1884

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1829 Birth
8 March 1829
Jacquet River, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

1856 Marriage / Partner
Peter William HICKEY and Mary Ann TONER 22 January 1856, Nelson, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 26 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

1860 Birth of Child
Mary Ann HICKEY was born 10 December 1860, Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Peter William was 31 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
James Peter HICKEY was born 16 March 1861, Nash Creek, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

Peter William was 32 years old.

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.