Harry Solomon LEWIS

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abt. 1815 , Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

abt. 1881 , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Abraham LEWIS Grace GRANT

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Born: abt. 1815 in Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Abraham LEWIS

Mother: Grace GRANT

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Harry Solomon married Mary Catherine DOTY 20 August 1840 in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Catherine DOTY was born abt. 1821 in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Catherine died abt. 1900 in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Catherine was the child of John Toby DOTY and Mary Catherine BARR.

Harry Solomon LEWIS died abt. 1881 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Harry Solomon LEWIS married

Mary Catherine DOTY
Marriage date: 20 August 1840
Marriage place: Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Catherine DOTY was the child of John Toby DOTY and Mary Catherine BARR

Children of Harry Solomon LEWIS and Mary Catherine DOTY

Henry LEWIS

Born: 16 February 1843, Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 4 April 1925, Danvers, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Sarah Jane BARR 25 December 1870

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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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Harry Solomon LEWIS and Mary Catherine DOTY 20 August 1840, Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Henry LEWIS was born 16 February 1843, Southville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.