Henry WILLIAMS

Born

8 December 1813 , Stratford, Perth, Upper Canada

Died

27 August 1870 , Jordan, Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada

Henry married Phoebe STEPHENSON 10 February 1844 in Caistor, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Phoebe STEPHENSON was born 30 September 1821 in Upper Canada. Phoebe died 11 June 1871 in Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. Phoebe was the child of John Augustus STEPHENSEN (STEPHENSON) and Mary COON .

Parents & Family of Henry WILLIAMS

Parents of Henry WILLIAMS

Father

John Richard WILLIAMS

Mother

Martha BUCHNER

Grandparents of Henry WILLIAMS

Paternal grandparents

Benajah WILLIAMS Sarah UNKNOWN

Maternal grandparents

Christopher BUCHNER Margaret ROBINSON

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Henry WILLIAMS

Henry WILLIAMS married

Phoebe STEPHENSON
Marriage date: 10 February 1844
Marriage place: Caistor, Ontario, Canada
Phoebe STEPHENSON was the child of John Augustus STEPHENSEN (STEPHENSON) and Mary COON

Children of Henry WILLIAMS and Phoebe STEPHENSON

Martha Amanda WILLIAMS

Born: 9 March 1852, Caistor, Lincoln, Canada West
Died: 15 February 1915, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Amos Ezra THOMAS 30 October 1871

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Birth — 1813
8 December 1813
Stratford, Perth, Upper Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Henry WILLIAMS and Phoebe STEPHENSON 10 February 1844, Caistor, Ontario, Canada

He was 30 years old.

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.

1852 Birth of Child
Martha Amanda WILLIAMS was born 9 March 1852, Caistor, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Henry was 38 years old.

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.