Nehemiah GOODWIN

Born

22 January 1808 , Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

26 January 1878 , Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Robert GOODWIN Elizabeth "Betty" KNOWLES

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Born: 22 January 1808 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Robert GOODWIN

Mother: Elizabeth "Betty" KNOWLES

Paternal grandparents: Nathan GOODWIN , Margaret GOODWIN

Maternal grandparents: Nathaniel KNOWLES , Lois HOLMES

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Nehemiah married Abigail GOODWIN abt. 1833 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abigail GOODWIN was born 18 December 1815 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abigail died 1 April 1899 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Abigail was the child of David GODWIN (GOODWIN) and Elizabeth DIXON.

Nehemiah GOODWIN died 26 January 1878 in Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Abigail GOODWIN
Marriage date: abt. 1833
Marriage place: Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abigail GOODWIN was the child of David GODWIN (GOODWIN) and Elizabeth DIXON

Children of Nehemiah GOODWIN and Abigail GOODWIN

Jeremiah GOODWIN

Born: 24 January 1854, Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 9 January 1934, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Adeleine E GOODWIN 9 October 1879

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Birth — 1808
22 January 1808
Argyle, Yarmouth, 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

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.

1854 Birth of Child
Jeremiah GOODWIN was born 24 January 1854, Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nehemiah was 46 years old.

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.