Margaret Akerman GOWER

Born

24 September 1807 , Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Died

20 October 1881 , Trouty, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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William Joseph GOVER Grace WATERMAN

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Born: 24 September 1807 in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Father: William Joseph GOVER

Mother: Grace WATERMAN

Maternal grandparents: Richard WATERMAN , Sarah ARCHER

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Margaret Akerman married Benjamin MORRIS 11 November 1822 in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin MORRIS was born 8 February 1794 in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Benjamin was the child of Samuel MORRIS and Mary PINHORN.

Margaret Akerman GOWER died 20 October 1881 in Trouty, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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Margaret Akerman GOWER married

Benjamin MORRIS
Marriage date: 11 November 1822
Marriage place: Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Benjamin MORRIS was the child of Samuel MORRIS and Mary PINHORN

Children of Benjamin MORRIS and Margaret Akerman GOWER

Alexander MORRIS

Born: 2 August 1830, Trouty, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Died: 7 June 1905, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Married: Emily CLIFFORD 26 October 1854

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Birth — 1807
24 September 1807
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Margaret Akerman GOWER and Benjamin MORRIS 11 November 1822, Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

She was 15 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
Alexander MORRIS was born 2 August 1830, Trouty, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Margaret Akerman was 22 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.