Elizabeth "Betsey" SMITH

Born

27 June 1809 , Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

10 April 1887 , Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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James SMITH Tabitha KENDRICK

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Born: 27 June 1809 in Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: James SMITH

Mother: Tabitha KENDRICK

Paternal grandparents: Archelaus SMITH , Elizabeth NICKERSON

Maternal grandparents: Warren Anson KENDRICK , Azubah SEARS

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Elizabeth "Betsey" married Judah NICKERSON 13 May 1824 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judah NICKERSON was born 23 June 1801 in Lower Woods Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Judah died 17 February 1895 in Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Judah was the child of John NICKERSON and Dorothy James BURKE.

Elizabeth "Betsey" SMITH died 10 April 1887 in Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Elizabeth "Betsey" SMITH married

Judah NICKERSON
Marriage date: 13 May 1824
Marriage place: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Judah NICKERSON was the child of John NICKERSON and Dorothy James BURKE

Children of Judah NICKERSON and Elizabeth "Betsey" SMITH

Sarah Jane NICKERSON

Born: 27 November 1834, Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 27 June 1928, Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Andrew Lovitt SWIM 10 May 1855

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Birth — 1809
27 June 1809
Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth "Betsey" SMITH and Judah NICKERSON 13 May 1824, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 14 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Sarah Jane NICKERSON was born 27 November 1834, Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Elizabeth "Betsey" was 25 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.