George ELDRIDGE

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30 May 1819 , St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

30 September 1892 , Pennfield, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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William ELDRIDGE Sarah JUSTASON

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Born: 30 May 1819 in St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: William ELDRIDGE

Mother: Sarah JUSTASON

Paternal grandparents: William ELDRIDGE , Sarah BEAN

Maternal grandparents: Isaac JUSTASON , Sarah TUSSEY

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George married Jerusha CROSS 10 December 1844 in Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jerusha CROSS was born 18 August 1821 in Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Jerusha died 2 May 1901 in Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Jerusha was the child of Aaron B CROSS and Sarah Jane COOK.

George ELDRIDGE died 30 September 1892 in Pennfield, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada.
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George ELDRIDGE married

Jerusha CROSS
Marriage date: 10 December 1844
Marriage place: Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Jerusha CROSS was the child of Aaron B CROSS and Sarah Jane COOK

Children of George ELDRIDGE and Jerusha CROSS

William Edward ELDRIDGE

Born: 2 October 1845, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 12 February 1923, Beaver Harbour, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Nancy CARR 6 December 1875

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Birth — 1819
30 May 1819
St. George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
George ELDRIDGE and Jerusha CROSS 10 December 1844, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
William Edward ELDRIDGE was born 2 October 1845, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

George was 26 years old.

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.