Maria Elizabeth ALLEN

(b. 6 March 1810 , Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1873 , Terence Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Maria Elizabeth ALLEN was born 6 March 1810 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Maria Elizabeth ALLEN was the child of ? and ?

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Maria Elizabeth married John Jacob SLAUENWHITE 27 November 1824 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Jacob SLAUENWHITE was born 29 November 1800 in St Margarets Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. John Jacob died 3 July 1887 in Terence Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. John Jacob was the child of Johann Friedrich SLAUENWHITE and Catharina Elizabeth WIEGELL.

Maria Elizabeth ALLEN died abt. 1873 in Terence Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Maria Elizabeth ALLEN married

John Jacob SLAUENWHITE-- Date: 27 November 1824 Place: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
John Jacob SLAUENWHITE was the child of Johann Friedrich SLAUENWHITE and Catharina Elizabeth WIEGELL

Children of John Jacob SLAUENWHITE and Maria Elizabeth ALLEN:

William Ephraim SLAUENWHITE (b.4 September 1829, Pennant Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1871, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Mary Ann JOLLIMORE 1 May 1850

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1810 Birth
6 March 1810
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Maria Elizabeth ALLEN and John Jacob SLAUENWHITE 27 November 1824, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 14 years old.

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)

1829 Birth of Child
William Ephraim SLAUENWHITE was born 4 September 1829, Pennant Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Maria Elizabeth was 19 years old.

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.