Martha GRAVES

(b. abt. 1797 , Kings, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 November 1881 , New Brunswick, Canada )

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Martha GRAVES was born abt. 1797 in Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

Martha GRAVES was the child of William GRAVES and Emma Elizabeth ARMSTRONG and the grandchild of: (paternal) William GRAVES and Elizabeth WILLIAMS (maternal) Simon ARMSTRONG and Lucy LEBARON

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Martha married Antonious CLAIN 2 February 1825 in Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antonious CLAIN was born abt. 1784 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Antonious died abt. 1850 in South Branch, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada.

Martha GRAVES died 17 November 1881 in New Brunswick, Canada.
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Martha GRAVES married

Antonious CLAIN-- Date: 2 February 1825 Place: Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Antonious CLAIN and Martha GRAVES:

Joseph Spencer CLAIN (b.28 March 1835, Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 December 1910, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Susan Nice PATTERSON 29 December 1862

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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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Martha GRAVES and Antonious CLAIN 2 February 1825, Sussex, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph Spencer CLAIN was born 28 March 1835, Sussex, Kings, 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

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.