John George JOLLIMORE

(b. 3 September 1785 , Saint-Margaret's Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 August 1869 , Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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John George JOLLIMORE was born 3 September 1785 in Saint-Margaret's Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

John George JOLLIMORE was the child of Jacques Louis JOLLIMORE and Catharine Margarethe ROBAR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Antoine JOLLIMOIS and Judith JOUDREY (maternal) Abraham ROBAR and Elizabeth-Catherine L'EAU

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John George married Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE abt. 1808 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE was born 29 April 1788 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maria Sophia died 1 April 1869 in Terrence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Maria Sophia was the child of Johann Jacob SLAUENWHITE and Maria-Elizabeth RIGOULEAUX.

John George JOLLIMORE died 18 August 1869 in Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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John George JOLLIMORE married

Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE-- Date: abt. 1808 Place:
Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE was the child of Johann Jacob SLAUENWHITE and Maria-Elizabeth RIGOULEAUX

Children of John George JOLLIMORE and Maria Sophia SLAUENWHITE:

Mary Ann JOLLIMORE (b.18 August 1833, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 21 November 1871, North West Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. William Ephraim SLAUENWHITE 1 May 1850

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1785 Birth
3 September 1785
Saint-Margaret's Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1833 Birth of Child
Mary Ann JOLLIMORE was born 18 August 1833, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

John George was 47 years old.

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 - 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.