Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT

(b. abt. 1800 , New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 November 1877 , Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT was born abt. 1800 in New Brunswick, Canada

Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT was the child of John Cuffman DEMERCHANT and Mary Euella POMPHREY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elizabeth Cuffman married Patrick MURPHY 1 October 1821 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Patrick MURPHY was born abt. 1780 in New Brunswick, Canada. Patrick died 31 March 1865 in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT died 23 November 1877 in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT married

Patrick MURPHY-- Date: 1 October 1821 Place: Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Patrick MURPHY and Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT:

Clarissa Clara MURPHY (b.26 October 1838, Clearview, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Robert John KINNEY 1861

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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
Elizabeth Cuffman DEMERCHANT and Patrick MURPHY 1 October 1821, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1838 Birth of Child
Clarissa Clara MURPHY was born 26 October 1838, Clearview, Wicklow, Carleton, 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

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Patrick MURPHY died 31 March 1865, Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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.