Aaron B CROSS

Born

abt. 1789 , Gagetown, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Died

10 August 1872 , Beaver Harbor, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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Christopher CROSS Jemima EATON

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Born: abt. 1789 in Gagetown, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Christopher CROSS

Mother: Jemima EATON

Paternal grandparents: Samuel CROSS , Martha HIBBARD

Maternal grandparents: John EATON , Hannah Clough FOWLER

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Aaron B married Sarah Jane COOK . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Jane COOK was born abt. 1790 in Beaver Harbor, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah Jane died 10 August 1872 in Beaver Harbor, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah Jane was the child of Paul COOK and Rebecca WINSLOW.

Aaron B CROSS died 10 August 1872 in Beaver Harbor, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
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Sarah Jane COOK
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Sarah Jane COOK was the child of Paul COOK and Rebecca WINSLOW

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Jerusha CROSS

Born: 18 August 1821, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 2 May 1901, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Married: George ELDRIDGE 10 December 1844

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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

1821 Birth of Child
Jerusha CROSS was born 18 August 1821, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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

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.