James Wilfred BENNETT

Born

16 September 1832 , Farnham, Lower Canada

Died

30 September 1867 , Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA

Age: 35

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Albert BENNETT Mary E SALISBURY

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Born: 16 September 1832 in Farnham, Lower Canada

Father: Albert BENNETT

Mother: Mary E SALISBURY

Maternal grandparents: James SALISBURY , Mary (Molly) STODDARD

James Wilfred was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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James Wilfred married Lucy Ann ADAMS 18 November 1856 in Marlborough, Connecticut, USA . Lucy Ann ADAMS was born 3 December 1833 in Marlborough, Connecticut, USA (Marlboro).

James Wilfred BENNETT died 30 September 1867 in Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA.
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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James Wilfred BENNETT married

Lucy Ann ADAMS
Marriage date: 18 November 1856
Marriage place: Marlborough, Connecticut, USA

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Children:

Albert James Bennett (1860 – )

John Sedgewick Bennett (1864 – 1894)

Mark Anthony Bennett (1866 – )

Bertha M Bennett (1874 – )

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Birth — 1832
16 September 1832
Farnham, Lower Canada

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)

1850
Name: James Bennett
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Gender: Male
Family Number: 73
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Bennett 45
Mary Bennett 45
Emeline Bennett 21
Mary E Bennett 20
James Bennett 18
Simeon Bennett 17
John Bennett 15
Albert A Bennett 12
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