Stephen Woodworth EATON

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28 September 1841 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

31 July 1918 , Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Leonard EATON Elizabeth EATON

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Born: 28 September 1841 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Leonard EATON

Mother: Elizabeth EATON

Paternal grandparents: William EATON , Nancy DEWOLFE

Maternal grandparents: Jacob EATON , Mary TROOP

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Stephen Woodworth married Adelaide Maude SANFORD 28 December 1871 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide Maude SANFORD was born 1 June 1844 in Pereaux, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Adelaide Maude died 9 March 1920 in Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada (Apple Tree Landing) (Habitant Corner). Adelaide Maude was the child of James SANFORD and Evangeline Angelina Sophronia NEWCOMB.

Stephen Woodworth EATON died 31 July 1918 in Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada .

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Stephen Woodworth EATON married

Adelaide Maude SANFORD
Marriage date: 28 December 1871
Marriage place: Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Adelaide Maude SANFORD was the child of James SANFORD and Evangeline Angelina Sophronia NEWCOMB

Children of Stephen Woodworth EATON and Adelaide Maude SANFORD

Angie Adelia EATON

Born: 5 January 1873, Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles Bradford FREEMAN 5 October 1897 Place: Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada (Apple Tree Landing) (Habitant Corner)

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Birth — 1841
28 September 1841
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Stephen Woodworth EATON and Adelaide Maude SANFORD 28 December 1871, Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Angie Adelia EATON was born 5 January 1873, Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Stephen Woodworth was 31 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Marriage of Child
Angie Adelia EATON married 5 October 1897, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada (Apple Tree Landing) (Habitant Corner) to Charles Bradford FREEMAN

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)