Joseph NEWCOMB

Born

14 January 1781 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

4 August 1876 , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Joseph NEWCOMB Catherine RAND

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Born: 14 January 1781 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Joseph NEWCOMB

Mother: Catherine RAND

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Joseph married Ruth LYONS 13 December 1804 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ruth LYONS was born 16 January 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ruth died 9 April 1865 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ruth was the child of David LYONS and Elizabeth "Betsy" RATCHFORD.

Joseph NEWCOMB died 4 August 1876 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Ruth LYONS
Marriage date: 13 December 1804
Marriage place: Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ruth LYONS was the child of David LYONS and Elizabeth "Betsy" RATCHFORD

Children of Joseph NEWCOMB and Ruth LYONS

Evangeline Angelina Sophronia NEWCOMB

Born: 22 July 1818, Pereaux, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 6 May 1894,

Married: James SANFORD 1840

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Birth — 1781
14 January 1781
Cornwallis, Kings, 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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Joseph NEWCOMB and Ruth LYONS 13 December 1804, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 23 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Evangeline Angelina Sophronia NEWCOMB was born 22 July 1818, Pereaux, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Joseph was 37 years old.

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ruth LYONS died 9 April 1865, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.