Leonard EATON

Born

15 May 1810 , Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

2 August 1891 , Lower Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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William EATON Nancy DEWOLFE

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Born: 15 May 1810 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: William EATON

Mother: Nancy DEWOLFE

Paternal grandparents: Elisha EATON , Irene BLISS

Maternal grandparents: John DEWOLFE , Susannah HATCH

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Leonard married Elizabeth EATON 1 October 1840 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth EATON was born 14 January 1813 in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth died 9 May 1905 in Lower Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Jacob EATON and Mary TROOP.

Leonard EATON died 2 August 1891 in Lower Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Leonard EATON married

Elizabeth EATON
Marriage date: 1 October 1840
Marriage place: Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth EATON was the child of Jacob EATON and Mary TROOP

Children of Leonard EATON and Elizabeth EATON

Stephen Woodworth EATON

Born: 28 September 1841, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 31 July 1918, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Adelaide Maude SANFORD 28 December 1871

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Birth — 1810
15 May 1810
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, 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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Leonard EATON and Elizabeth EATON 1 October 1840, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 30 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Stephen Woodworth EATON was born 28 September 1841, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Leonard was 31 years old.

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.