Joseph COLLINS

Born

2 March 1782 , Liverpool, Queen's, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

September 1870 , Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph married Elizabeth TUPPER abt. 1813 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth TUPPER was born 4 September 1780 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth died 17 May 1870 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Elizabeth was the child of Medad TUPPER and Lois HUNT .

Parents & Family of Joseph COLLINS

Parents of Joseph COLLINS

Father

Stephen COLLINS

Mother

Ruth CHEEVER

Grandparents of Joseph COLLINS

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph COLLINS

Joseph COLLINS married

Elizabeth TUPPER
Marriage date: abt. 1813
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Elizabeth TUPPER was the child of Medad TUPPER and Lois HUNT

Children of Joseph COLLINS and Elizabeth TUPPER

Robert Frank COLLINS

Born: 18 April 1815, Liverpool, Queens, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 26 March 1886, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Elizabeth Lavinia PALMER 29 September 1835

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Birth — 1782
2 March 1782
Liverpool, Queen's, Nova Scotia, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1815 Birth of Child
Robert Frank COLLINS was born 18 April 1815, Liverpool, Queens, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph was 33 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)

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.