Joshua James DOBSON

Born

abt. 1831 , Creek Road, Havelock, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

abt. 1887 , Monteagle, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Jonas DOBSON Mary TAYLOR

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Born: abt. 1831 in Creek Road, Havelock, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Jonas DOBSON

Mother: Mary TAYLOR

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Joshua James married Sarah Anne TAYLOR 6 April 1852 in Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Anne TAYLOR was born 9 November 1837 in New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah Anne died abt. 1891 in Monteagle, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah Anne was the child of George TAYLOR and Susannah LEWIS.

Joshua James DOBSON died abt. 1887 in Monteagle, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Joshua James DOBSON married

Sarah Anne TAYLOR
Marriage date: 6 April 1852
Marriage place: Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Sarah Anne TAYLOR was the child of George TAYLOR and Susannah LEWIS

Children of Joshua James DOBSON and Sarah Anne TAYLOR

William A DOBSON

Born: April 1869, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 8 May 1915, Wade, Aroostook, Maine, USA

Married: Mary LEWIS 1888

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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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Joshua James DOBSON and Sarah Anne TAYLOR 6 April 1852, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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.