Lois SNOWDON

Born

abt. 1786 , Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

5 December 1874 , Wood Point, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Pickering SNOWDON Dorcas ESTABROOKS

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Lois SNOWDON was born abt. 1786 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Lois SNOWDON was the child of Pickering SNOWDON and Dorcas ESTABROOKS

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Lois married James WARD 7 November 1804 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
James WARD was born 17 June 1783 in Rockport, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. James died 13 February 1866 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. James was the child of Nehemiah WARD and Susannah SALISBURY.

Lois SNOWDON died 5 December 1874 in Wood Point, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Lois SNOWDON married

James WARD-- Date: 7 November 1804 Place: Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
James WARD was the child of Nehemiah WARD and Susannah SALISBURY

Children of James WARD and Lois SNOWDON

Rebecca WARD (b.25 January 1814, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 29 March 1905, Jonesport, Maine, USA)
m. Gilbert TOWER 4 March 1834

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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
Lois SNOWDON and James WARD 7 November 1804, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

1814 Birth of Child
Rebecca WARD was born 25 January 1814, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
James WARD died 13 February 1866, Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, 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.