Earl CANFIELD

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abt. 1817 , Oxford, Upper Canada

Died

18 April 1900 , East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

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Abraham CANFIELD Mary BURTCH

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Born: abt. 1817 in Oxford, Upper Canada

Father: Abraham CANFIELD

Mother: Mary BURTCH

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Earl married Charlotte DORMAN 17 January 1838 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte DORMAN was born abt. 1823 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte died 9 October 1892 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Henry DORMAN and Anna HERRINGTON.

Earl CANFIELD died 18 April 1900 in East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada.
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Earl CANFIELD married

Charlotte DORMAN
Marriage date: 17 January 1838
Marriage place: East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada
Charlotte DORMAN was the child of Henry DORMAN and Anna HERRINGTON

Children of Earl CANFIELD and Charlotte DORMAN

Valentine CANFIELD

Born: abt. 1847, Oxford, Canada West
Died: 1 July 1890, East Oxford Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Married: Abigail Elizabeth SCOFIELD 1872

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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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Earl CANFIELD and Charlotte DORMAN 17 January 1838, East Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

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.

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.