Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY)

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abt. 1824 , Upper Canada

Died

21 October 1888 , Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, USA

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Born: abt. 1824 in Upper Canada

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Elizabeth Jane married Peter SWEARS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Peter SWEARS was born abt. 1806 in Canada. Peter died 27 November 1887 in Oceana, Michigan, USA. Peter was the child of Peter SWEARS and Nancy SWEARS.

Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY) died 21 October 1888 in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, USA.
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Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY) married

Peter SWEARS
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Peter SWEARS was the child of Peter SWEARS and Nancy SWEARS

Children of Peter SWEARS and Elizabeth Jane HENRY (HOWEY)

Charity SWEARS

Born: abt. 1843, , Canada West
Died: ,

Married: John LEFTLER

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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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

1870 - Hart, Oceana, Michigan

Name: Eliza Swears
Age in 1870: 46
Birth Year: abt 1824
BirthPlace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 38
Home in 1870: Hart, Oceana, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Female
Occupation: Keeping House
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Inferred Spouse: Peter Swears
Inferred Children: Peter Swears
Eliza Swears
Everlene Swears
Elias Swears
Allen Swears
Household Members:
Name Age
Peter Swears 64
Eliza Swears 46
Peter Swears 24
Eliza Swears 15
Everlene Swears 13
Elias Swears 11
Allen Swears 7

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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.

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

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

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