James BALL

Born

24 December 1787 , Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

Died

8 January 1885 , Knowlton, Brome, Quebec, Canada

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Jacob BALL Elizabeth H STONE

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Born: 24 December 1787 in Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

Father: Jacob BALL

Mother: Elizabeth H STONE

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James married Mary Abigail STONE 18 January 1811 in Dunham, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Abigail STONE was born 22 June 1792 in Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. Mary Abigail died 18 October 1856 in Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. Mary Abigail was the child of Daniel STONE and Abigail ELLIS.

James BALL died 8 January 1885 in Knowlton, Brome, Quebec, Canada.

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Mary Abigail STONE
Marriage date: 18 January 1811
Marriage place: Dunham, Lower Canada
Mary Abigail STONE was the child of Daniel STONE and Abigail ELLIS

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Children of James BALL and Mary Abigail STONE

Lester BALL

Born: 28 September 1815, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Died: 3 May 1916, Monkton, Vermont, USA

Married: Mary Ann GILMAN 2 September 1839

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Birth — 1787
24 December 1787
Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, 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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
James BALL and Mary Abigail STONE 18 January 1811, Dunham, Québec, Canada (Dunham Flats)

He was 23 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Lester BALL was born 28 September 1815, Brome, Quebec, Canada

James was 27 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.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary Abigail STONE died 18 October 1856, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada

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.