Lucy A SEARS

(b. abt. 1808 , Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 29 October 1884 , Cookville, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Lucy A SEARS was born abt. 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Lucy A SEARS was the child of Frederick C SEARS and Eunice WARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph SEARS and Hester WHEATON (maternal) Nehemiah WARD and Susannah SALISBURY

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

Lucy A married William O'BRIEN 7 June 1827 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William O'BRIEN was born 14 May 1796 in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. William died 3 April 1863 in Cookville, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. William was the child of Barnabas Collins O'BRIEN and Catharine DOWNING.

Lucy A SEARS died 29 October 1884 in Cookville, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Lucy A SEARS married

William O'BRIEN-- Date: 7 June 1827 Place: Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
William O'BRIEN was the child of Barnabas Collins O'BRIEN and Catharine DOWNING

Children of William O'BRIEN and Lucy A SEARS:

Amy Annie O'BRIEN (b.24 October 1837, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 October 1923, Cookville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Charles ROBINSON 1862

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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

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Lucy A SEARS and William O'BRIEN 7 June 1827, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1837 Birth of Child
Amy Annie O'BRIEN was born 24 October 1837, Sackville, Westmorland, 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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
William O'BRIEN died 3 April 1863, Cookville, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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.