Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER

(b. 6 June 1835 , New Richmond, Lower Canada d. 19 December 1888 , New Richmond, Québec, Canada )

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Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was born 6 June 1835 in New Richmond, Lower Canada

Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was the child of Gilbert MACWHIRTER and Janet COCHRANE

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

Hugh-Alexander married Mary Ann WATT 10 August 1858 in Hope Town, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Mary Ann WATT was born 29 January 1835 in Capeland, Quebec, Canada. Mary Ann died 28 December 1888 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac). Mary Ann was the child of Henry WATT and Sarah HAMILTON.

Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER died 19 December 1888 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada .

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Family and Children of Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER

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Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER married

Mary Ann WATT-- Date: 10 August 1858 Place: Hope Town, Canada East
Mary Ann WATT was the child of Henry WATT and Sarah HAMILTON

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Children of Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER and Mary Ann WATT:

Henry-Harry MACWHIRTER (b.10 May 1859, New Richmond, Canada East d. abt. 1940, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

Gilbert-James MACWHIRTER (b.4 August 1863, New Richmond, Canada East d. 17 January 1954, Hope Town, Québec, Canada)
m. Henritta-Eva MCGEE 30 August 1893 in New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)
m. Hannah-Amelia ROSS 15 December 1906 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Sarah Ellen MACWHIRTER (b.21 December 1865, New Richmond, Canada East d. 27 May 1931, Plainwell, Allegan, Michigan, USA)

Janet "Jennifer" MACWHIRTER (b.18 October 1867, New Richmond, Canada East d. 4 July 1966, Dallas, Texas, USA)

Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER (b.2 May 1868, New Richmond, Québec, Canada d. 16 January 1956, Hope Town, Québec, Canada)

Martha Jane MACWHIRTER (b.May 1871, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 January 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA)

William Robert MACWHIRTER (b.26 September 1873, New Richmond, Québec, Canada d. 9 March 1928, St. Maries, Benewah, Idaho, USA)

John Angus MACWHIRTER (b.17 March 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada d. 24 December 1960, Alpena, Michigan, USA)

Nathaniel Joshua MACWHIRTER (b.24 June 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada d. 5 May 1957, Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, USA)

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1835 Birth
6 June 1835
New Richmond, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 Marriage / Partner
Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER and Mary Ann WATT 10 August 1858, Hope Town, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Henry-Harry MACWHIRTER was born 10 May 1859, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 23 years old.

1861 - Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada
Name: Hugh Mcwhirter
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Year: 1836
Birthplace: Lower Canada
Marital status: Married
Home in 1861: Bonaventure, Canada East
Religion: Church of Scotland
Film Number: C-1269-1270
Page Number: 225
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Mcwhirter 25
1861 Canadian Census
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1863 Birth of Child
Gilbert-James MACWHIRTER was born 4 August 1863, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Sarah Ellen MACWHIRTER was born 21 December 1865, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 30 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Birth of Child
Janet "Jennifer" MACWHIRTER was born 18 October 1867, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 32 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Hugh-Alexander MACWHIRTER was born 2 May 1868, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 32 years old.

1871 - New Richmond, Quebec, Canada
Name: Hugh Mc Nhister
[Hugh McWhirter]
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital status: Married
Religion: Presbyterian
Origin: Scottish (Scotish)
Province: Quebec
District: Bonaventure
District Number: 169
Division: 02
Subdistrict: New Richmond
Subdistrict Number: e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Mc Nhister 35
Mary Ann Mc Nhister 35
Henry Mc Nhister 12
Janet Mc Nhister 10
Gilbert Mc Nhister 7
Sarah Mc Nhister 6
Hughes Mc Nhister 3

1871 Canadian Census
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1871 Birth of Child
Martha Jane MACWHIRTER was born May 1871, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Hugh-Alexander was 35 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
William Robert MACWHIRTER was born 26 September 1873, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 38 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
John Angus MACWHIRTER was born 17 March 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 42 years old.

1878 Birth of Child
Nathaniel Joshua MACWHIRTER was born 24 June 1878, New Richmond, Québec, Canada (Sts-Anges-Gardiens-de-Cascapédiac)

Hugh-Alexander was 43 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - New Richmond, Quebec
Name: Hugh McKansther
[Hugh McWhirter]
[Hugh Alexander McWhirter]
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Age: 47
Birth Year: 1834
Birthplace: Quebec
Religion: Canada Presbyterian Church
Nationality: Ecossaise (Scotish)
Occupation: Cultivateur
Province: Quebec
District Number: 38
District: Bonaventure
Sub-District Number: G
Subdistrict: New Richmond
Division: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh McKansther 47
May McKansther 46
Henry McKansther 23
Jeanette McKansther 21
Gilbert McKansther 18
Sarala McKansther 16
Alexander McKansther 13
Martha McKansther 11
William McKansther 8
John McKansther 6
Nathaniel McKansther 4

1881 Canadian Census
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.