John WHEELER

Born

12 October 1828 , Henryville, Lower Canada

Died

15 January 1900 , Paquetteville, Compton, Quebec, Canada

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Jubal WHEELER Mary VAN DYKE

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Born: 12 October 1828 in Henryville, Lower Canada

Father: Jubal WHEELER

Mother: Mary VAN DYKE

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John married Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE abt. 1868 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE was born 22 April 1841 in East Hereford, Compton, Québec, Canada. Abigail-Jane died 26 August 1882 in East Hereford, Compton, Québec, Canada. Abigail-Jane was the child of George VAN DYKE and Abigail Hatch DIXON.

John WHEELER died 15 January 1900 in Paquetteville, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE
Marriage date: abt. 1868
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Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE was the child of George VAN DYKE and Abigail Hatch DIXON

Children of John WHEELER and Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

Mary WHEELER

Born: 2 December, 1868, East Hereford, Quebec, Canada
Died: 8 July, 1907, East Hereford, Quebec, Canada

Married: Francois (Francis) Oliver RANCLOS (DUFAULT) 27 August 1892 Place: Canaan, Vermont, USA (Beecher Falls) (Wallace Pond)

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Birth — 1828
12 October 1828
Henryville, Lower Canada

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.

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Mary WHEELER was born 2 December, 1868, East Hereford, Quebec, Canada

John was 40 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)

1882 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE died 26 August 1882, East Hereford, Compton, Québec, Canada

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 Marriage of Child
Mary WHEELER married 27 August 1892, Canaan, Vermont, USA (Beecher Falls) (Wallace Pond) to Francois (Francis) Oliver RANCLOS (DUFAULT)

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)

Death — 1900
15 January 1900
Paquetteville, Compton, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 71.

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