Elizabeth "Eliza" JESSO

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abt. 1815 , Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

abt. 1901 , Nova Scotia, Canada

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Born: abt. 1815 in Nova Scotia, Canada

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Elizabeth "Eliza" married Cornelius "Con" DENNY abt. 1832 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cornelius "Con" DENNY was born 17 March 1815 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Cornelius "Con" died 1 May 1928 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Cornelius "Con" was the child of William DENNEY and Mary BALL.

Elizabeth "Eliza" JESSO died abt. 1901 in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Elizabeth "Eliza" JESSO married

Cornelius "Con" DENNY
Marriage date: abt. 1832
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Cornelius "Con" DENNY was the child of William DENNEY and Mary BALL

Children of Cornelius "Con" DENNY and Elizabeth "Eliza" JESSO

William DENNEY

Born: abt. 1833, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Married: Ellen E KELLY 7 June 1857 Place: Arlington, Massachusetts, USA

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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

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
William DENNEY married 7 June 1857, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA to Ellen E KELLY

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.