John FELKER

Born

abt. 1820 , Gainsborough, Lincoln, Upper Canada

Died

13 September 1884 , West Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

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Lewis FELKER Mary MEREDITH

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Born: abt. 1820 in Gainsborough, Lincoln, Upper Canada

Father: Lewis FELKER

Mother: Mary MEREDITH

Paternal grandparents: Johann Friedrich FELKER , Mary MINGLE

Maternal grandparents: Charles MEREDITH , Miriam GRIFFIN

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John married Henrietta COUSE 22 February 1843 in Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henrietta COUSE was born 21 January 1826 in Clinton, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. Henrietta died 28 March 1911 in Wellington, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. Henrietta was the child of Henry COUSE and Anna UNKNOWN.

John FELKER died 13 September 1884 in West Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
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Henrietta COUSE
Marriage date: 22 February 1843
Marriage place: Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Henrietta COUSE was the child of Henry COUSE and Anna UNKNOWN

Children of John FELKER and Henrietta COUSE

Elizabeth FELKER

Born: 3 September 1851, West Garafraxa, Wellington County, Canada West
Died: 20 February 1930, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Married: James MCDONALD 11 December 1879

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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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
John FELKER and Henrietta COUSE 22 February 1843, Garafraxa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Elizabeth FELKER was born 3 September 1851, West Garafraxa, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada

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.