Joseph SPICER

Born

abt. 1791 , Spencers Island, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

16 November 1880 , Black Rock, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph married Alice Elizabeth CROSSMAN abt. 1818 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alice Elizabeth CROSSMAN was born abt. 1796 in Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alice Elizabeth died 22 February 1873 in Canada Creek, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Alice Elizabeth was the child of Samuel CROSSMAN and Susannah CHAPPEL .

Parents & Family of Joseph SPICER

Parents of Joseph SPICER

Father

Robert Fraser SPICER

Mother

Priscilla CLASBY

Grandparents of Joseph SPICER

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph SPICER

Joseph SPICER married

Alice Elizabeth CROSSMAN
Marriage date: abt. 1818
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Alice Elizabeth CROSSMAN was the child of Samuel CROSSMAN and Susannah CHAPPEL

Children of Joseph SPICER and Alice Elizabeth CROSSMAN

Amelia SPICER

Born: abt. 1828, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Andrew Weldon AYER 2 April 1851

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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

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.