Peter WHITFORD

(b. June 1793 , York Factory, Manitoba, Canada d. 5 May 1883 , Prince Albert, North West Territories (Saskatchewan), Canada )

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Peter WHITFORD was born June 1793 in York Factory, Manitoba, Canada

Peter WHITFORD was the child of James Peter WHITFORD and Sarah UNKNOWN

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Peter married Christianna Christie SPENCE 27 November 1820 in Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Christianna Christie SPENCE was born abt. 1804 in Ft Edmonton, North West Territories, Canada. Christianna Christie died abt. 1877 in Ft Victoria, North West Territories, Canada. Christianna Christie was the child of Magnus SPENCE and Cristianna UNKNOWN.

Peter WHITFORD died 5 May 1883 in Prince Albert, North West Territories (Saskatchewan), Canada.
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Peter WHITFORD married

Christianna Christie SPENCE-- Date: 27 November 1820 Place: Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, Canada
Christianna Christie SPENCE was the child of Magnus SPENCE and Cristianna UNKNOWN

Children of Peter WHITFORD and Christianna Christie SPENCE:

Charles C WHITFORD (b.8 May 1838 , Red River Settlement, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada d. 14 November 1912, Tofield, Division No. 10, Alberta, Canada)
m. Nancy ANDERSON 4 December 1858

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1793 Birth
June 1793
York Factory, Manitoba, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Peter WHITFORD and Christianna Christie SPENCE 27 November 1820, Fort Douglas, Manitoba, Red River Settlement, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Charles C WHITFORD was born 8 May 1838 , Red River Settlement, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Peter was 44 years old.

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

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.