Lydia Jane ESTEY

(b. 22 June 1822 , Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 February 1883 , Canterbury, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada )

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Lydia Jane ESTEY was born 22 June 1822 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Lydia Jane ESTEY was the child of Abraham B ESTEY and Ruth DOW and the grandchild of: (paternal) Amos ETSEY and Mary "Molly" ETSEY (maternal) Enoch DOW and Ruth MORTON

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Lydia Jane married William E MCINELLEY 15 August 1844 in Woodstock, Carleton Co., New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William E MCINELLEY was born 27 April 1821 in Canterbury, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada. William E died 25 April 1910 in Canterbury, York, New Brunswick, Canada. William E was the child of John MCINELLEY and Elizabeth GRANT.

Lydia Jane ESTEY died 28 February 1883 in Canterbury, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
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Lydia Jane ESTEY married

William E MCINELLEY-- Date: 15 August 1844 Place: Woodstock, Carleton Co., New Brunswick, Canada
William E MCINELLEY was the child of John MCINELLEY and Elizabeth GRANT

Children of William E MCINELLEY and Lydia Jane ESTEY:

Nehemiah MCINELLEY (b.28 July 1846, Howard Settlemant, Canterbury, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 May 1923, Dyer Brook, Maine, USA)
m. Margaret LYONS 24 June 1868

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1822 Birth
22 June 1822
Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, 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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Lydia Jane ESTEY and William E MCINELLEY 15 August 1844, Woodstock, Carleton Co., New Brunswick, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Nehemiah MCINELLEY was born 28 July 1846, Howard Settlemant, Canterbury, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Lydia Jane was 24 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.