Mary Elizabeth KEDDY

(b. 19 September 1812 , Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 17 December 1877 , Greenfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Mary Elizabeth KEDDY was born 19 September 1812 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mary Elizabeth KEDDY was the child of John Alexander KEDDY and Mary Elizabeth LOHNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) John William KEDDY and Maria Magdalena HALTER (maternal) Johann Heinrich LOHNES and Anna Charlotta MOSSMAN

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Mary Elizabeth married Barnabas MILES 26 December 1833 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Barnabas MILES was born abt. 1808 in Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Barnabas died 17 August 1893 Barnabas was the child of John MILES and Thankful FREEMAN.

Mary Elizabeth KEDDY died 17 December 1877 in Greenfield, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Mary Elizabeth KEDDY married

Barnabas MILES-- Date: 26 December 1833 Place: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Barnabas MILES was the child of John MILES and Thankful FREEMAN

Children of Barnabas MILES and Mary Elizabeth KEDDY:

Annie MILES (b.9 September 1841, Hubbards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 16 May 1906, Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Edward Hiram FREEMAN 8 December 1862

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1812 Birth
19 September 1812
Lunenburg, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Marriage / Partner
Mary Elizabeth KEDDY and Barnabas MILES 26 December 1833, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 21 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

1841 Birth of Child
Annie MILES was born 9 September 1841, Hubbards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mary Elizabeth was 28 years old.

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.