Jacob HOUGHTON

Born

3 November 1798 , Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

21 April 1871 , Falmouth, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jacob married Mary Ann SHANAHAN 24 May 1823 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Ann SHANAHAN was born abt. 1809 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mary Ann died March 1893 in Worcestershire, England.

Parents & Family of Jacob HOUGHTON

Parents of Jacob HOUGHTON

Father

Richard HOUGHTON

Mother

Lucy MELVIN

Grandparents of Jacob HOUGHTON

Paternal grandparents

Timothy HOUGHTON Eunice WHITCOMB

Maternal grandparents

Robert MELVIN Phebe WILSON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacob HOUGHTON

Jacob HOUGHTON married

Mary Ann SHANAHAN
Marriage date: 24 May 1823
Marriage place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of Jacob HOUGHTON and Mary Ann SHANAHAN

Alonzo HOUGHTON

Born: 3 March 1857, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: abt. 1928, , Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Isabel Sophia COFFIN 4 April 1885

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Birth — 1798
3 November 1798
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jacob HOUGHTON and Mary Ann SHANAHAN 24 May 1823, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Alonzo HOUGHTON was born 3 March 1857, Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jacob was 58 years old.

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.