Benjamin SWEET

Born

abt. 1797 , Wentworth, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

23 September 1874 , St. Croix, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Benjamin married Jane Rachel HUNTER 4 December 1828 in Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jane Rachel HUNTER was born abt. 1805 in Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jane Rachel died abt. 1888 in Sweets Corner, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jane Rachel was the child of Lodowick David HUNTER and Jane Sophia GILLMORE .

Parents & Family of Benjamin SWEET

Parents of Benjamin SWEET

Father

Benoni SWEET

Mother

Margaret Peggy COCHRAN

Grandparents of Benjamin SWEET

Paternal grandparents

Benoni SWEET Lydia DIMOCK

Maternal grandparents

George COCHRAN Elizabeth SMITH

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin SWEET

Benjamin SWEET married

Jane Rachel HUNTER
Marriage date: 4 December 1828
Marriage place: Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jane Rachel HUNTER was the child of Lodowick David HUNTER and Jane Sophia GILLMORE

Children of Benjamin SWEET and Jane Rachel HUNTER

George Benjamin SWEET

Born: 22 February 1837, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 20 December 1906, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Margaret Jane GREENO 15 December 1859

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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.

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin SWEET and Jane Rachel HUNTER 4 December 1828, Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 Birth of Child
George Benjamin SWEET was born 22 February 1837, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

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.