Jane SHANNON

Born

abt. 1822 , Brighton, Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada

Died

10 January 1888 , Harvey Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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Born: abt. 1822 in Brighton, Kingston, Frontenac, Upper Canada

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Jane married Seth WARD abt. 1845 in Canada West . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Seth WARD was born abt. 1819 in Kingston, Upper Canada. Seth died 6 July 1877 in Harvey Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Jane SHANNON died 10 January 1888 in Harvey Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jane SHANNON

Jane SHANNON married

Seth WARD
Marriage date: abt. 1845
Marriage place: , Canada West

Children of Seth WARD and Jane SHANNON

Melissa Jane WARD

Born: 6 November 1847, Harvey Township, Peterborough, Canada West
Died: 22 July 1929, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

Married: Francis "Frank" ARSCOTT 5 July 1893

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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)

1847 Birth of Child
Melissa Jane WARD was born 6 November 1847, Harvey Township, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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.

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.