William BEZANSON

(b. 26 July 1809 , Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 23 March 1884 , Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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William BEZANSON was born 26 July 1809 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

William BEZANSON was the child of Joseph BEZANSON and Sarah Garish PULSIFER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Jacques BEZANSON and Anna Maria LEY (maternal) John PULSIFER and Mary Margaret VAUGHAN

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William married Martha Freelove MILLET 22 February 1833 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha Freelove MILLET was born 26 July 1812 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Martha Freelove died 17 August 1885 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Martha Freelove was the child of George MILLET and Annabella Cleverly ETTER.

William BEZANSON died 23 March 1884 in Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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William BEZANSON married

Martha Freelove MILLET-- Date: 22 February 1833 Place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Martha Freelove MILLET was the child of George MILLET and Annabella Cleverly ETTER

Children of William BEZANSON and Martha Freelove MILLET:

Rosella BEZANSON (b.abt. 1865, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 July 1933, Berlin, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Henry Albert DILL 1885

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1809 Birth
26 July 1809
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

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

1833 Marriage / Partner
William BEZANSON and Martha Freelove MILLET 22 February 1833, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 23 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.