George F TOMPKINS

Born

11 February 1811 , Upper Canada

Died

27 November 1885 , Ontario, Canada

George F married Charlotte ROSEBUSH abt. 1837 in Sidney, Hastings, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte ROSEBUSH was born 29 July 1818 in Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada. Charlotte died 6 July 1906 in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte was the child of George ROSEBUSH and Weighty CURTIS .

Parents & Family of George F TOMPKINS

Parents of George F TOMPKINS

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George TOMPKINS

Mother

Elizabeth DIRICK

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of George F TOMPKINS

George F TOMPKINS married

Charlotte ROSEBUSH
Marriage date: abt. 1837
Marriage place: Sidney, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Charlotte ROSEBUSH was the child of George ROSEBUSH and Weighty CURTIS

Children of George F TOMPKINS and Charlotte ROSEBUSH

Almeda TOMPKINS

Born: 6 September 1852, Sidney, Hastings, Canada West
Died: 17 August 1927, Frankfort, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Married: Mitchell REVOY 19 March 1870

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Birth — 1811
11 February 1811
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)

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
Almeda TOMPKINS was born 6 September 1852, Sidney, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

George F was 41 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.