Reuben SMITH

(b. 15 December 1792 , West Head, Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 14 September 1869 , Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Reuben SMITH was born 15 December 1792 in West Head, Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reuben SMITH was the child of James SMITH and Sarah Elizabeth WILSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Archelaus SMITH and Elizabeth NICKERSON (maternal) Henry WILSON and Sarah CHASE

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Reuben married Deborah COVEL 24 January 1815 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Deborah COVEL was born 2 September 1797 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deborah died 2 December 1854 in Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deborah was the child of Jonathan COVELL and Parnel GARDNER.

Reuben SMITH died 14 September 1869 in Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Reuben SMITH married

Deborah COVEL-- Date: 24 January 1815 Place: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Deborah COVEL was the child of Jonathan COVELL and Parnel GARDNER

Children of Reuben SMITH and Deborah COVEL:

Alfred Kimball SMITH (b.2 July 1828, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 2 September 1906, West Head, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Nancy Jane SMITH 1852

Sarah E Covel SMITH (b.17 January 1831, West Head, Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 4 June 1917, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. William Smith NICKERSON 18 April 1849

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1792 Birth
15 December 1792
West Head, Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Reuben SMITH and Deborah COVEL 24 January 1815, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Alfred Kimball SMITH was born 2 July 1828, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reuben was 35 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Sarah E Covel SMITH was born 17 January 1831, West Head, Clark's Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reuben was 38 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
Deborah COVEL died 2 December 1854, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 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.