Henry CRESS

(b. abt. 1803 , Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 13 June 1868 , Clements Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Henry CRESS was born abt. 1803 in Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Henry CRESS was the child of Johann Heinrich "Henry" CRESS and Christiana Kathryn KUPP

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Henry married Annie HOOPER abt. 1825 in Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Annie HOOPER was born abt. 1798 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Annie was the child of Ezekiel Thomas HOOPER and Mary WILSON.

Henry CRESS died 13 June 1868 in Clements Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Henry CRESS married

Annie HOOPER-- Date: abt. 1825 Place: Clementsport, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Annie HOOPER was the child of Ezekiel Thomas HOOPER and Mary WILSON

Children of Henry CRESS and Annie HOOPER:

George E CRESS (b.4 July 1827, Clementsvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 May 1904, Waldeck, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Rebecca C SIMMONS 25 November 1852

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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 Birth of Child
George E CRESS was born 4 July 1827, Clementsvale, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 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

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.