John H BEAVER

Born

9 August 1833 , Pleasant Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

24 October 1906 , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 9 August 1833 in Pleasant Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Parents of John H BEAVER

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John Richard BEAVER

Mother

Elizabeth INGLIS

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John H married Sophia LAYDEN 27 December 1852 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophia LAYDEN was born 31 August 1835 in Whitehead, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sophia died 21 August 1912 in Nova Scotia, Canada.

John H BEAVER died 24 October 1906 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of John H BEAVER

John H BEAVER married

Sophia LAYDEN
Marriage date: 27 December 1852
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada

Children of John H BEAVER and Sophia LAYDEN

Etta Amelia BEAVER

Born: abt. 1864, Shral Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 26 March 1886, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Levi Harwood EVERSON 2 November 1885 Place: Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1833
9 August 1833
Pleasant Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
John H BEAVER and Sophia LAYDEN 27 December 1852, , Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 19 years old.

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.