Sarah Jane SEAMANS

Born

12 February 1784 , Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

30 September 1868 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sarah Jane married Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN 2 January 1803 in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN was born 26 October 1777 in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thomas Dresser died 11 April 1823 in Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thomas Dresser was the child of William BLENKHORN and Ann Olivia DRESSER .

Parents & Family of Sarah Jane SEAMANS

Parents of Sarah Jane SEAMANS

Father

Nathan SEAMANS

Mother

Zena THOMAS

Grandparents of Sarah Jane SEAMANS

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sarah Jane SEAMANS

Sarah Jane SEAMANS married

Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN
Marriage date: 2 January 1803
Marriage place: Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN was the child of William BLENKHORN and Ann Olivia DRESSER

Children of Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN and Sarah Jane SEAMANS

William Edward BLENKHORN

Born: 24 February 1808, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 15 June 1891, Fenwick, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Elizabeth Mary ANDERSON 27 March 1827

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Birth — 1784
12 February 1784
Sackville, Westmorland, 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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Jane SEAMANS and Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN 2 January 1803, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
William Edward BLENKHORN was born 24 February 1808, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sarah Jane was 24 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

1823 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas Dresser BLENKHORN died 11 April 1823, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.