George Benjamin SWEET
Born: 22 February 1837, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 20 December 1906, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 20 December 1906, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Married: Margaret Jane GREENO 15 December 1859
Jane Rachel
HUNTER
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abt. 1805
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Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
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Benjamin SWEET
Marriage date: 4 December 1828
Marriage place: Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Benjamin SWEET was the child of Benoni SWEET and Margaret Peggy COCHRAN
Benjamin SWEETMarriage date: 4 December 1828
Marriage place: Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Benjamin SWEET was the child of Benoni SWEET and Margaret Peggy COCHRAN
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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
1828 Marriage / PartnerJane Rachel HUNTER and Benjamin SWEET 4 December 1828, Ardoise, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1837 Birth of ChildGeorge Benjamin SWEET was born 22 February 1837, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1874 Death of Spouse/PartnerBenjamin SWEET died 23 September 1874, St. Croix, West Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.RECORD HISTORY
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