Abel PARKER

Born

8 November 1793 , Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

19 June 1868 , Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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William PARKER Lydia BENJAMIN

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Born: 8 November 1793 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: William PARKER

Mother: Lydia BENJAMIN

Paternal grandparents: Nathaniel PARKER , Anna HARDY

Maternal grandparents: Obediah "Obed" BENJAMIN , Mary HURD

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Abel married Susan Jane MORSE 25 January 1821 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Susan Jane MORSE was born abt. 1797 in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susan Jane died 4 November 1878 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susan Jane was the child of Daniel MORSE and Jane WOODBURY.

Abel PARKER died 19 June 1868 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Abel PARKER married

Susan Jane MORSE
Marriage date: 25 January 1821
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Susan Jane MORSE was the child of Daniel MORSE and Jane WOODBURY

Children of Abel PARKER and Susan Jane MORSE

Ann Eliza PARKER

Born: 1 November 1832, Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 25 November 1884, Citra, Marion, Florida, USA

Married: David FREEMAN 27 September 1857

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Birth — 1793
8 November 1793
Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Abel PARKER and Susan Jane MORSE 25 January 1821, , Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

1832 Birth of Child
Ann Eliza PARKER was born 1 November 1832, Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada

Abel was 39 years old.

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.