Jeremiah PROSSER

Born

abt. 1791 , Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

26 July 1884 , Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jeremiah PROSSER Charlotte UNKNOWN

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Born: abt. 1791 in Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Jeremiah PROSSER

Mother: Charlotte UNKNOWN

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Jeremiah married Elizabeth ROCKWELL 23 August 1821 in Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth ROCKWELL was born abt. 1802 in Burton, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth died 10 July 1858 in Ashland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Benjamin ROCKWELL and Susan Ann TAPLEY.

Jeremiah PROSSER died 26 July 1884 in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Jeremiah PROSSER married

Elizabeth ROCKWELL
Marriage date: 23 August 1821
Marriage place: Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth ROCKWELL was the child of Benjamin ROCKWELL and Susan Ann TAPLEY

Children of Jeremiah PROSSER and Elizabeth ROCKWELL

Silas Rockwell PROSSER

Born: 29 January 1833, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 12 June 1895, Waterville, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Elizabeth HAVENS 1858 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jeremiah PROSSER and Elizabeth ROCKWELL 23 August 1821, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1833 Birth of Child
Silas Rockwell PROSSER was born 29 January 1833, Wakefield, Carleton, 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

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elizabeth ROCKWELL died 10 July 1858, Ashland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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.