Benjamin GEE

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abt. 1806 , Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

abt. 1882 , Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Cornelius GEE Rachel FOWLER

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Born: abt. 1806 in Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Cornelius GEE

Mother: Rachel FOWLER

Maternal grandparents: Thomas FOWLER , Margaret Mary Polly UNKNOWN

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Benjamin married Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" WOODWARD abt. 1836 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" WOODWARD was born abt. 1821 in Beechwood, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" died 14 November 1892 in Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Benjamin GEE died abt. 1882 in Holmesville, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" WOODWARD
Marriage date: abt. 1836
Marriage place: , New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Benjamin GEE and Eleanor Elizabeth "Ellen" WOODWARD

Easther GEE

Born: 12 April 1857, Tarrtown, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 28 August 1908, Upper Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Gideon DEMERCHANT 1874 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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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.

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
Easther GEE was born 12 April 1857, Tarrtown, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, 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.