Jane WHITTEN

Born

abt. 1835 , Upper Canada

Died

15 September 1873 , Darling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Jane married John MOFFAT 2 September 1851 in Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John MOFFAT was born 18 December 1827 in Scotland. John died 14 April 1909 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jane WHITTEN

Jane WHITTEN married

John MOFFAT
Marriage date: 2 September 1851
Marriage place: Bathurst, Lanark, Canada West*

Children of John MOFFAT and Jane WHITTEN

Ellen Elmyre MOFFAT

Born: abt. 1855, Lanark, Lanark, Canada West
Died: 12 January 1899, Darling, Lanark, Ontario, Canada

Married: Thomas ELLIOTT 14 April 1876

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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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Jane WHITTEN and John MOFFAT 2 September 1851, Bathurst, Lanark, Ontario, Canada*

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.

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.