Robert
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Born: abt. 1833 in Catalina, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Robert married Bridget Alice NOLAN abt. 1855 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bridget Alice NOLAN was born abt. 1835 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Bridget Alice died 4 July 1886 in Catalina, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Bridget Alice was the child of Edward NOLAN and Ellen CALLAHAN.
Robert SUTTON died 1 November 1901 in Catalina, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Spouse & Children of Robert SUTTON
Robert SUTTON married 
Bridget Alice NOLAN
Marriage date: abt. 1855
Marriage place: , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bridget Alice NOLAN was the child of Edward NOLAN and Ellen CALLAHAN
Bridget Alice NOLANMarriage date: abt. 1855
Marriage place: , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bridget Alice NOLAN was the child of Edward NOLAN and Ellen CALLAHAN
Children of Robert SUTTON and Bridget Alice NOLAN
Thomas SUTTONBorn: November 1855, Port Union, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Died: 5 February 1925, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 5 February 1925, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Married: Mary A MCNAMARA 1879 Place: , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Birth of ChildThomas SUTTON was born November 1855, Port Union, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1886 Death of Spouse/PartnerBridget Alice NOLAN died 4 July 1886, Catalina, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 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 Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 19011 November 1901
Catalina, Trinity Bay North, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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