William John WOOD

(b. 27 April 1807 , Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 24 March 1884 , Mt Tryon, Prince Edward Island, Canada )

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William John WOOD was born 27 April 1807 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

William John WOOD was the child of Joseph Smith WOOD and Elizabeth Frances DAWSON

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William John married Margaret ENMAN 13 October 1831 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret ENMAN was born 17 June 1813 in Pownal, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Margaret died 24 March 1888 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Margaret was the child of David ENMAN and Mary Chandler MELLISH.

William John WOOD died 24 March 1884 in Mt Tryon, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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William John WOOD married

Margaret ENMAN-- Date: 13 October 1831 Place: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Margaret ENMAN was the child of David ENMAN and Mary Chandler MELLISH

Children of William John WOOD and Margaret ENMAN:

Susan (Susannah) WOOD (b.1 September 1845, Kouchibouguac, Carleton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1925, Conway, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada)
m. Barnabas TROWSDALE 14 April 1865 in , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)

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1807 Birth
27 April 1807
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
William John WOOD and Margaret ENMAN 13 October 1831, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Port La-Joie, Isle-St-Jean, Acadia)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Susan (Susannah) WOOD was born 1 September 1845, Kouchibouguac, Carleton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

William John was 38 years old.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Susan (Susannah) WOOD married 14 April 1865, , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean) to Barnabas TROWSDALE

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.