Gilbert TOWER

Born

abt. 1816 , Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

29 March 1886 , Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Benjamin TOWER Mehitable MILLS

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Gilbert TOWER was born abt. 1816 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Gilbert TOWER was the child of Benjamin TOWER and Mehitable MILLS

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benjamin TOWER and Ann FINNEY

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Gilbert married Rebecca WARD 4 March 1834 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca WARD was born 25 January 1814 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Rebecca died 29 March 1905 in Jonesport, Maine, USA. Rebecca was the child of James WARD and Lois SNOWDON.

Gilbert TOWER died 29 March 1886 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Gilbert TOWER married

Rebecca WARD-- Date: 4 March 1834 Place: Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Rebecca WARD was the child of James WARD and Lois SNOWDON

Children of Gilbert TOWER and Rebecca WARD

Charles Pickering TOWER (b.abt. 1846, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada d. 5 November 1902, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Margaret KENNY 26 December 1871

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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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert TOWER and Rebecca WARD 4 March 1834, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

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.