Marthe Seraphine MELANSON

(b. 1 September 1805 , Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 20 August 1875 , Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Marthe Seraphine MELANSON was born 1 September 1805 in Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Marthe Seraphine MELANSON was the child of Joseph Francois MELANSON and Magdeleine BELLIVEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre Ambroise MELANSON and Anne Marie MELANSON

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Marthe Seraphine married Ange Remi BLINN abt. 1826 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ange Remi BLINN was born 2 October 1804 in Baie Sainte Marie, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ange Remi was the child of Julien-Jan BLINN and Francoise THIBAULT.

Marthe Seraphine MELANSON died 20 August 1875 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Marthe Seraphine MELANSON married

Ange Remi BLINN-- Date: abt. 1826 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Ange Remi BLINN was the child of Julien-Jan BLINN and Francoise THIBAULT

Children of Ange Remi BLINN and Marthe Seraphine MELANSON:

Augustin BLINN (b.26 February 1829, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 September 1911, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Madeleine LEBLANC 1857

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1805 Birth
1 September 1805
Grosses Coques, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1829 Birth of Child
Augustin BLINN was born 26 February 1829, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

Marthe Seraphine was 23 years old.

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.

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.