Jubal WHEELER

Born

18 February 1789 , Grafton, Massachusetts, USA

Died

2 November 1866 , East Hereford, Compton, Canada East

Jubal married Mary VAN DYKE 14 August 1814 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary VAN DYKE was born 12 February 1796 in Highgate, Vermont, USA . Mary died 24 April 1883 in East Hereford, Compton, Québec, Canada.

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Jubal WHEELER married

Mary VAN DYKE
Marriage date: 14 August 1814
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Children of Jubal WHEELER and Mary VAN DYKE

John WHEELER

Born: 12 October 1828, Henryville, Lower Canada
Died: 15 January 1900, Paquetteville, Compton, Quebec, Canada

Married: Abigail-Jane VAN DYKE 1868

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1789
18 February 1789
Grafton, Massachusetts, USA

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Jubal WHEELER and Mary VAN DYKE 14 August 1814,

He was 25 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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 Birth of Child
John WHEELER was born 12 October 1828, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Jubal was 39 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1866
2 November 1866
East Hereford, Compton, Canada East
He died at the age of 77.

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state