Martha DUDGEON

(b. 9 February 1803 , Hopewell, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1875 , Hopewell Hill, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Martha DUDGEON was born 9 February 1803 in Hopewell, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Martha DUDGEON was the child of John DUDGEON and Elizabeth MAHAN

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Martha married Dalton BISHOP 20 January 1820 in Hopewell, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dalton BISHOP was born abt. 1793 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dalton died abt. 1865 in Hopewell Hill, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Dalton was the child of Jonathan BISHOP and Nancy ANDERSON.

Martha DUDGEON died abt. 1875 in Hopewell Hill, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Martha DUDGEON married

Dalton BISHOP-- Date: 20 January 1820 Place: Hopewell, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Dalton BISHOP was the child of Jonathan BISHOP and Nancy ANDERSON

Children of Dalton BISHOP and Martha DUDGEON:

Catherine BISHOP (b.31 March 1822, Hopewell, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. William (Benoit) GOVANG (GAUVIN) 18 February 1847 in , New Brunswick, Canada

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1803 Birth
9 February 1803
Hopewell, 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 Marriage / Partner
Martha DUDGEON and Dalton BISHOP 20 January 1820, Hopewell, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Catherine BISHOP was born 31 March 1822, Hopewell, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada

Martha was 19 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Catherine BISHOP married 18 February 1847, , New Brunswick, Canada to William (Benoit) GOVANG (GAUVIN)

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.