Sophia LAYDEN

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31 August 1835 , Whitehead, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

21 August 1912 , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: 31 August 1835 in Whitehead, Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Sophia married John H BEAVER 27 December 1852 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John H BEAVER was born 9 August 1833 in Pleasant Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. John H died 24 October 1906 in Nova Scotia, Canada. John H was the child of John Richard BEAVER and Elizabeth INGLIS.

Sophia LAYDEN died 21 August 1912 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Sophia LAYDEN married

John H BEAVER
Marriage date: 27 December 1852
Marriage place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
John H BEAVER was the child of John Richard BEAVER and Elizabeth INGLIS

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 — 1835
31 August 1835
Whitehead, Guysborough, Guysborough, 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
Sophia LAYDEN and John H BEAVER 27 December 1852, , Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 17 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.

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.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Marriage of Child
Etta Amelia BEAVER married 2 November 1885, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA to Levi Harwood EVERSON

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Death of Child
Etta Amelia BEAVER died 26 March 1886, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

Sophia was 50 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

1906 Death of Spouse/Partner
John H BEAVER died 24 October 1906, , Nova Scotia, Canada

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1912
21 August 1912
Nova Scotia, Canada
She died at the age of 77.

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