Edith Eugene "Jean" SWEET
Born: 14 September 1862, Mount Denson, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1 November 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1 November 1937, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Married: Philip William CROWELL 10 July 1880
George Benjamin
SWEET
Born
22 February 1837
,
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
20 December 1906
,
Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
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George Benjamin SWEET married Margaret Jane GREENO
Marriage date: 15 December 1859
Marriage place: Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Margaret Jane GREENOMarriage date: 15 December 1859
Marriage place: Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Birth — 183722 February 1837
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Marriage / PartnerGeorge Benjamin SWEET and Margaret Jane GREENO 15 December 1859, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
He was 22 years old.
1862 Birth of ChildEdith Eugene "Jean" SWEET was born 14 September 1862, Mount Denson, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
George Benjamin was 25 years old.
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.
1872 Death of Spouse/PartnerMargaret Jane GREENO died 22 June 1872, Mount Denson, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of 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. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of EnglandDeath — 190620 December 1906
Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 69.
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