William Dwyer FERGUSON

(b. abt. 1801 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 October 1891 , New Brunswick, Canada )

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William Dwyer FERGUSON was born abt. 1801 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

William Dwyer FERGUSON was the child of Thomas FERGUSON and Margaret (Peggy) DWYER (DEWIRE)

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William Dwyer married Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN 8 January 1821 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN was born 8 February 1800 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Isabelle died abt. 1891 in Eldon Parish, Restigouche Co, New Brunswick, Canada. Isabelle was the child of Charles MCLAUGHLIN and Anne ROBERT dite LEBRETON.

William Dwyer FERGUSON died 5 October 1891 in New Brunswick, Canada.

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William Dwyer FERGUSON married

Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN-- Date: 8 January 1821 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN was the child of Charles MCLAUGHLIN and Anne ROBERT dite LEBRETON

Children of William Dwyer FERGUSON and Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN:

Edouard FERGUSON (b.24 August 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

William FERGUSON (b.5 May 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Margaret FERGUSON (b.September 1827, New Richmond, Lower Canada d. abt. 1913, Flatlands, New Brunswick, Canada)

Christina FERGUSON (b.6 June 1828, Grand Cascapedia, Bonaventure Co., Quebec, Canada d. abt. 1913, , New Brunswick, Canada)

Isabelle (Isobel) FERGUSON (b.abt. 1833, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

John FERGUSON (b.7 July 1836, Flatlands, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 January 1921, Pointe-a-la-Croix, Avignon, Quebec, Canada)

John FERGUSON (b.abt. 1836, , New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1921, )

Michael Dwyer FERGUSON (b.30 November 1838, Flatlands, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada d. 4 July 1927, Flatlands, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)

Mary Jane FERGUSON (b.7 January 1842, Cross Point, Quebec, Canada d. , )

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Postcards and Memories of Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
William Dwyer FERGUSON and Isabelle MCLAUGHLIN 8 January 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1821 marriage

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1821 Birth of Child
Edouard FERGUSON was born 24 August 1821, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

1823 Birth of Child
William FERGUSON was born 5 May 1823, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Margaret FERGUSON was born September 1827, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

1828 Birth of Child
Christina FERGUSON was born 6 June 1828, Grand Cascapedia, Bonaventure Co., Quebec, Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 Birth of Child
John FERGUSON was born 7 July 1836, Flatlands, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1838 Birth of Child
Michael Dwyer FERGUSON was born 30 November 1838, Flatlands, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1842 Birth of Child
Mary Jane FERGUSON was born 7 January 1842, Cross Point, Quebec, 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.