Benjamin
SEYMOUR
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Born: abt. 1805 in Fredericksburgh, Lennox-Addington, Upper Canada
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Benjamin married Sarah WILLIAMS abt. 1837 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah WILLIAMS was born abt. 1815 in Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
Benjamin SEYMOUR died 23 March 1880 in Ontario, Canada.
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Children of Benjamin SEYMOUR and Sarah WILLIAMS
Agnes SEYMOURDied: 10 August 1911, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1837 Birth of ChildAgnes SEYMOUR was born 29 December 1837, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
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)
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 Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Death — 188023 March 1880
Ontario, Canada
Record added: 11/7/2025 2:06:05 PM
Last updated: 11/26/2025 7:39:00 PM
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