William Bell SILLS

(b. 22 March 1795 , Fredricksburg, Lennox Addington, Upper Canada d. 24 September 1886 , Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada )

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William Bell SILLS was born 22 March 1795 in Fredricksburg, Lennox Addington, Upper Canada

William Bell SILLS was the child of George SILLS and Margaret BELL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Johannes Conrad SELL (ZELL) (SILLS) and Ana Maria Amey EMIGH (maternal) William Nicholas BELL and Flora MCCORQUODALE

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William Bell married Hannah "Anna" FRALICK 13 June 1815 in South Frederiscksburgh, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah "Anna" FRALICK was born 25 September 1796 in South Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox and Addington, Upper Canada. Hannah "Anna" died 7 September 1876 in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Hannah "Anna" was the child of Jacob (Jacobus) FROLICK and Hannah (Anna) SMITH (SCHMIDT).

William Bell SILLS died 24 September 1886 in Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.

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William Bell SILLS married

Hannah "Anna" FRALICK-- Date: 13 June 1815 Place: South Frederiscksburgh, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada
Hannah "Anna" FRALICK was the child of Jacob (Jacobus) FROLICK and Hannah (Anna) SMITH (SCHMIDT)

Children of William Bell SILLS and Hannah "Anna" FRALICK:

Mary Amey SILLS (b.abt. 1817, Fredericksburgh, Upper Canada d. 18 April 1840, Moira, Huntington, Hastings, Upper Canada)
m. Jacob Fralick SALISBURY 1831

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1795 Birth
22 March 1795
Fredricksburg, Lennox Addington, Upper Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
William Bell SILLS and Hannah "Anna" FRALICK 13 June 1815, South Frederiscksburgh, Lennox Addington, Ontario, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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 Death of Child
Mary Amey SILLS died 18 April 1840, Moira, Huntington, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

William Bell was 45 years old.

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.