Peter H WHITNEY

(b. 15 June 1821 , Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 June 1891 , Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Peter H WHITNEY was born 15 June 1821 in Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Peter H WHITNEY was the child of Samuel WHITNEY and Sarah YOUNG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ebenezer WHITNEY and Huldah MOORES (maternal) Jonathan Charles YOUNG and Sarah FOSS

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Peter H married Jessie SINCLAIR 24 July 1845 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jessie SINCLAIR was born 25 January 1823 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Jessie died 26 June 1891 in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada (Newcastle). Jessie was the child of Benjamen SINCLAIR and Jean HOME.

Peter H WHITNEY died 17 June 1891 in Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Peter H WHITNEY married

Jessie SINCLAIR-- Date: 24 July 1845 Place: Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada
Jessie SINCLAIR was the child of Benjamen SINCLAIR and Jean HOME

Children of Peter H WHITNEY and Jessie SINCLAIR:

Statira WHITNEY (b.11 May 1850, Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 24 December 1936, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA)
m. Edward W ROGERS 26 July 1871 in , New Brunswick, Canada

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1821 Birth
15 June 1821
Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Peter H WHITNEY and Jessie SINCLAIR 24 July 1845, Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Statira WHITNEY was born 11 May 1850, Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Peter H was 28 years old.

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.