Phoebe STEPHENSON

Born

30 September 1821 , Upper Canada

Died

11 June 1871 , Grimsby, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Phoebe married Henry WILLIAMS 10 February 1844 in Caistor, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henry WILLIAMS was born 8 December 1813 in Stratford, Perth, Upper Canada. Henry died 27 August 1870 in Jordan, Lincoln, Niagara, Ontario, Canada. Henry was the child of John Richard WILLIAMS and Martha BUCHNER .

Parents & Family of Phoebe STEPHENSON

Parents of Phoebe STEPHENSON

Father

John Augustus STEPHENSEN (STEPHENSON)

Mother

Mary COON

Grandparents of Phoebe STEPHENSON

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Phoebe STEPHENSON

Phoebe STEPHENSON married

Henry WILLIAMS
Marriage date: 10 February 1844
Marriage place: Caistor, Ontario, Canada
Henry WILLIAMS was the child of John Richard WILLIAMS and Martha BUCHNER

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 — 1821
30 September 1821
Upper Canada

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

She was 22 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

Phoebe was 30 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.