Elizabeth Jane HAWKINS

Born

9 January 1816 , Manhattan, New York, USA

Died

4 April 1905 , Lambton Mills, York, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 9 January 1816 in Manhattan, New York, USA

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Elizabeth Jane married George CUNNINGHAM 7 November 1833 in Home Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George CUNNINGHAM was born 25 August 1802 in Manhattan, New York, USA . George died 6 February 1884 in Haldimand, Haldimand-Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

Elizabeth Jane HAWKINS died 4 April 1905 in Lambton Mills, York, Ontario, Canada.
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Elizabeth Jane HAWKINS married

George CUNNINGHAM
Marriage date: 7 November 1833
Marriage place: Home Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

Children of George CUNNINGHAM and Elizabeth Jane HAWKINS

John Hawkins CUNNINGHAM

Born: 26 April 1852, Toronto, Canada West
Died: 21 November 1926, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Married: Emily Ann DEAN 6 August 1889

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Birth — 1816
9 January 1816
Manhattan, New York, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1833 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Jane HAWKINS and George CUNNINGHAM 7 November 1833, Home Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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 Birth of Child
John Hawkins CUNNINGHAM was born 26 April 1852, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (York)

Elizabeth Jane was 36 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)