Robert Frank COLLINS

Born

18 April 1815 , Liverpool, Queens, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

26 March 1886 , Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Robert Frank married Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER 29 September 1835 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER was born 1 May 1818 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth Lavinia died 25 October 1874 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth Lavinia was the child of Enoch Lewis PALMER and Margaret ROBINSON .

Parents & Family of Robert Frank COLLINS

Parents of Robert Frank COLLINS

Father

Joseph COLLINS

Mother

Elizabeth TUPPER

Grandparents of Robert Frank COLLINS

Paternal grandparents

Stephen COLLINS Ruth CHEEVER

Maternal grandparents

Medad TUPPER Lois HUNT

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Robert Frank COLLINS

Robert Frank COLLINS married

Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER
Marriage date: 29 September 1835
Marriage place: Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER was the child of Enoch Lewis PALMER and Margaret ROBINSON

Children of Robert Frank COLLINS and Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER

George Outhit COLLINS

Born: abt. 1836, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 18 May 1892, Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Annie Mae PHINNEY 20 August 1864

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Birth — 1815
18 April 1815
Liverpool, Queens, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage / Partner
Robert Frank COLLINS and Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER 29 September 1835, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 20 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.

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.