John RAY

(b. abt. 1777 , Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 11 May 1868 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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John RAY was born abt. 1777 in Granville Centre, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

John RAY was the child of Moses RAY and Annis BARNES

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John married Deborah FARNSWORTH abt. 1801 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Deborah FARNSWORTH was born 1 July 1782 in Clarence, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deborah died 18 September 1870 in Harbourville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deborah was the child of Joel FARNSWORTH and Abigail FALES.

John RAY died 11 May 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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John RAY married

Deborah FARNSWORTH-- Date: abt. 1801 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Deborah FARNSWORTH was the child of Joel FARNSWORTH and Abigail FALES

Children of John RAY and Deborah FARNSWORTH:

Judson RAY (b.abt. 1828, Harbourville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. Lavinia RHODES 1850

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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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)

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

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.