Samuel WHITNEY

(b. 18 September 1784 , Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada d. 12 May 1869 , Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Samuel WHITNEY was born 18 September 1784 in Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

Samuel WHITNEY was the child of Ebenezer WHITNEY and Huldah MOORES

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Samuel married Sarah YOUNG 19 June 1806 in New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah YOUNG was born abt. 1787 in New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah died 3 February 1868 in Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah was the child of Jonathan Charles YOUNG and Sarah FOSS.

Samuel WHITNEY died 12 May 1869 in Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Samuel WHITNEY married

Sarah YOUNG-- Date: 19 June 1806 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada
Sarah YOUNG was the child of Jonathan Charles YOUNG and Sarah FOSS

Children of Samuel WHITNEY and Sarah YOUNG:

Peter H WHITNEY (b.15 June 1821, Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 June 1891, Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Jessie SINCLAIR 24 July 1845

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1784 Birth
18 September 1784
Sheffield, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1806 Marriage / Partner
Samuel WHITNEY and Sarah YOUNG 19 June 1806, , New Brunswick, Canada

He was 21 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

1821 Birth of Child
Peter H WHITNEY was born 15 June 1821, Whitney, Northesk, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada

Samuel was 36 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

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.