Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

Born

22 April 1841 , East Hereford, Compton, Canada East

Died

26 August 1882 , East Hereford, Compton, Québec, Canada

Abigail-Jane married John WHEELER abt. 1868 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John WHEELER was born 12 October 1828 in Henryville, Lower Canada . John died 15 January 1900 in Paquetteville, Compton, Quebec, Canada. John was the child of Jubal WHEELER and Mary VAN DYKE .

Parents & Family of Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

Parents of Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

Father

George VAN DYKE

Mother

Abigail Hatch DIXON

Grandparents of Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE

Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE married

John WHEELER
Marriage date: abt. 1868
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John WHEELER was the child of Jubal WHEELER and Mary VAN DYKE

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

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1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1841
22 April 1841
East Hereford, Compton, Canada East

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.