Benjamin BURT

Born

abt. 1799 , Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

18 January 1879 , Cardigan Station, Burtts Corner, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph BURT Elizabeth BURNETT

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Born: abt. 1799 in Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Joseph BURT

Mother: Elizabeth BURNETT

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Benjamin married Elizabeth CROUSE 7 April 1819 in Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth CROUSE was born 21 October 1798 in Zealand, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth died 16 August 1882 in Cardigan Station, Burtts Corner, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Philip CROUSE and Sarah Ann BURTT.

Benjamin BURT died 18 January 1879 in Cardigan Station, Burtts Corner, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Elizabeth CROUSE
Marriage date: 7 April 1819
Marriage place: Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth CROUSE was the child of Philip CROUSE and Sarah Ann BURTT

Children of Benjamin BURT and Elizabeth CROUSE

Israel BURTT

Born: 12 October 1834, Burtts Corner, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 19 February 1922, Burtts Corner, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Anstis BOONE 22 September 1858

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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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin BURT and Elizabeth CROUSE 7 April 1819, Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1834 Birth of Child
Israel BURTT was born 12 October 1834, Burtts Corner, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

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.