Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET

Born

2 April 1790 , New Johnstown, Cornwall, Stormont, Quebec (Ontario), Canada

Died

7 May 1873 , Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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Michael VAN KOUGHNET Anna Eva EMPIE

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Born: 2 April 1790 in New Johnstown, Cornwall, Stormont, Quebec (Ontario), Canada

Father: Michael VAN KOUGHNET

Mother: Anna Eva EMPIE

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Philip Michael married Harriet Sophia SCOTT 1 April 1819 in Cornwall, Upper Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Harriet Sophia SCOTT was born 15 April 1795 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. Harriet Sophia died 22 July 1854 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Harriet Sophia was the child of Matthew SCOTT and Elizabeth FISHER.

Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET died 7 May 1873 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.

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Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET married

Harriet Sophia SCOTT
Marriage date: 1 April 1819
Marriage place: Cornwall, Upper Canada
Harriet Sophia SCOTT was the child of Matthew SCOTT and Elizabeth FISHER

Children of Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET and Harriet Sophia SCOTT

Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET

Born: 20 April 1833, Cornwall, Upper Canada
Died: 21 June 1888, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Married: Agnes SEYMOUR October 1857

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Birth — 1790
2 April 1790
New Johnstown, Cornwall, Stormont, Quebec (Ontario), Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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
Philip Michael VAN KOUGHNET and Harriet Sophia SCOTT 1 April 1819, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

He was 29 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

1833 Birth of Child
Salter Jehosaphat VANKOUGHNET was born 20 April 1833, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

Philip Michael was 43 years old.

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Harriet Sophia SCOTT died 22 July 1854, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

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.