Phoebe Ann WASSON

(b. abt. 1823 , New Canaan, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 29 September 1873 , Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Phoebe Ann WASSON was born abt. 1823 in New Canaan, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Phoebe Ann WASSON was the child of Thomas WASSON and ? and the grandchild of: (paternal) John WASSON and Hannah ESTEY

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Phoebe Ann married John SKIDMORE 14 March 1844 in New Canaan, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John SKIDMORE was born abt. 1822 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. John died 27 October 1871 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. John was the child of George SKIDMORE and Rebecca EAGLES.

Phoebe Ann WASSON died 29 September 1873 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Phoebe Ann WASSON married

John SKIDMORE-- Date: 14 March 1844 Place: New Canaan, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
John SKIDMORE was the child of George SKIDMORE and Rebecca EAGLES

Children of John SKIDMORE and Phoebe Ann WASSON:

Mary Jane SKIDMORE (b.27 March 1847, New Canaan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 7 March 1919, Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. David Dickey PETTIGREW 22 November 1866

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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
Phoebe Ann WASSON and John SKIDMORE 14 March 1844, New Canaan, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Mary Jane SKIDMORE was born 27 March 1847, New Canaan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.