George William TIBBITS

Born

abt. 1819 , Little River, Sheffield Parish, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

abt. 1891 , Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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George TIBBETTS Margaret Ann SPARKS

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Born: abt. 1819 in Little River, Sheffield Parish, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: George TIBBETTS

Mother: Margaret Ann SPARKS

Maternal grandparents: Daniel SPARKS , Lucinda ALLEN

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George William married Elizabeth Jane SPARKS 29 March 1842 in Little River, Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Jane SPARKS was born abt. 1823 in St George Parish, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth Jane died abt. 1894 in Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth Jane was the child of Thomas SPARKS and Mehitable Henrietta WOOD.

George William TIBBITS died abt. 1891 in Wilmot, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Elizabeth Jane SPARKS
Marriage date: 29 March 1842
Marriage place: Little River, Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth Jane SPARKS was the child of Thomas SPARKS and Mehitable Henrietta WOOD

Children of George William TIBBITS and Elizabeth Jane SPARKS

Emeline TIBBITS

Born: abt. 1846, Little River, Sheffield Paris, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 27 November 1911, New Limerick, Maine, USA

Married: George Abner SMITH 1862

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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

1842 Marriage / Partner
George William TIBBITS and Elizabeth Jane SPARKS 29 March 1842, Little River, Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, 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.