Reuben Ebenezer WEBB

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7 June 1830 , New Jerusalem, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

abt. 1907 , Lower Hainesville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

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Noah WEBB Agnes SUTHERLAND

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Born: 7 June 1830 in New Jerusalem, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Noah WEBB

Mother: Agnes SUTHERLAND

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Reuben Ebenezer married Elizabeth HANSON abt. 1866 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth HANSON was born 14 October 1836 in Lower Hainesville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth died 27 February 1933 in Lower Hainesville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Cornealius HANSON and Charlotte MOREHOUSE.

Reuben Ebenezer WEBB died abt. 1907 in Lower Hainesville, York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Reuben Ebenezer WEBB married

Elizabeth HANSON
Marriage date: abt. 1866
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth HANSON was the child of Cornealius HANSON and Charlotte MOREHOUSE

Children of Reuben Ebenezer WEBB and Elizabeth HANSON

Weston Samuel WEBB

Born: 24 February 1870, Lower Hainesville, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 2 March 1953, Lower Hainesville, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Bertha M CRABBE 5 October 1892

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Birth — 1830
7 June 1830
New Jerusalem, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

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.

1870 Birth of Child
Weston Samuel WEBB was born 24 February 1870, Lower Hainesville, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Reuben Ebenezer was 39 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)

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.

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