Henry EAGLE

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abt. 1815 , Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

14 August 1884 , Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada

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Born: abt. 1815 in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada

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Henry married Ellen JOHNSTON 14 April 1845 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ellen JOHNSTON was born 15 August 1826 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Ellen died 9 October 1921 in York, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.

Henry EAGLE died 14 August 1884 in Sunny Bank, Gaspé, La Côte-de-Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.
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Henry EAGLE married

Ellen JOHNSTON
Marriage date: 14 April 1845
Marriage place: Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Henry EAGLE and Ellen JOHNSTON

Maria-Ellen EAGLE

Born: 9 March 1849, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 2 June 1934, Brasset, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada

Married: Henry-Thomas MULLIN 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Henry EAGLE and Ellen JOHNSTON 14 April 1845, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Maria-Ellen EAGLE was born 9 March 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.