John James GODFREY

Born

abt. 1821 , Storrington, Upper Canada

Died

30 November 1878 , Arden, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

Age: 57
Cause of Death: Inflammation

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Phillip Sr. GODFREY Mary BELANGER

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Born: abt. 1821 in Storrington, Upper Canada

Father: Phillip Sr. GODFREY

Mother: Mary BELANGER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

John James married Eliza-Julia BOOMHOWER abt. 1847 in Canada West . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eliza-Julia BOOMHOWER was born abt. 1828 in Stanbridge, Québec, Canada (Stanbridge East). Eliza-Julia died 15 January 1903 in Arden, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.

John James GODFREY died 30 November 1878 in Arden, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
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Recorded occupation: farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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John James GODFREY married

Eliza-Julia BOOMHOWER
Marriage date: abt. 1847
Marriage place: , Canada West

Children of John James GODFREY and Eliza-Julia BOOMHOWER

Wilson David GODFREY

Born: 2 December 1852, Sugar Island, Hungerford, Canada West
Died: 30 August 1937, Mountain Grove, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada

Married: Rhoda Ann PETERS 2 July 1885

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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.

1852 Birth of Child
Wilson David GODFREY was born 2 December 1852, Sugar Island, Hungerford, Ontario, Canada

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.