Martin SHEWMAN (SHUMAN)

Born

17 March 1803 , Fredericksburgh, Lennox, Upper Canada

Died

16 October 1882 , Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

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Baltus Cheban SHEWMAN Deborah PARKS

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Born: 17 March 1803 in Fredericksburgh, Lennox, Upper Canada

Father: Baltus Cheban SHEWMAN

Mother: Deborah PARKS

Paternal grandparents: Wilhelm Friedrich SCHUMANN , Dorothea Margearetha LOYST

Maternal grandparents: Cyrenius Escreynes PARKE , Elizabeth CARSCALLEN

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Martin married Mary MILLER 28 January 1828 in Fredericksburg, Lennox, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary MILLER was born abt. 1807 in New York, USA. Mary died 8 December 1889 in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.

Martin SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) died 16 October 1882 in Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
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Martin SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) married

Mary MILLER
Marriage date: 28 January 1828
Marriage place: Fredericksburg, Lennox, Ontario, Canada

Children of Martin SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) and Mary MILLER

Mary Ellen SHUMAN

Born: 26 March 1843, Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington, Canada West
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Married: William MCKENDRY 18 November 1866

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Birth — 1803
17 March 1803
Fredericksburgh, Lennox, Upper 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Martin SHEWMAN (SHUMAN) and Mary MILLER 28 January 1828, Fredericksburg, Lennox, Ontario, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Mary Ellen SHUMAN was born 26 March 1843, Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

Martin was 40 years old.

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.