William Angus HOWATT

Born

abt. 1800 , Augustine Cove, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Died

10 December 1880 , Cape Traverse, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

William Angus married Margaret "Peggy" LEARD abt. 1818 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret "Peggy" LEARD was born 8 March 1802 in Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Margaret "Peggy" died December 1871 in Cape Traverse, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Margaret "Peggy" was the child of Samuel LEARD and Elizabeth BROWN .

Parents & Family of William Angus HOWATT

Parents of William Angus HOWATT

Father

James HOWATT

Mother

Ellen Kathleen MILLER

Grandparents of William Angus HOWATT

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

John MILLAR Catherine MCIVER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of William Angus HOWATT

William Angus HOWATT married

Margaret "Peggy" LEARD
Marriage date: abt. 1818
Marriage place: Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Margaret "Peggy" LEARD was the child of Samuel LEARD and Elizabeth BROWN

Children of William Angus HOWATT and Margaret "Peggy" LEARD

Ellen Margaret HOWATT

Born: abt. 1827, , Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died: 20 September 1907, Tryon, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Married: Thomas Richard DAWSON 1847

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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.

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.