Ephraim Clark ELLIS

(b. 10 january 1816 , Barnston, Quebec, Canada d. 6 May 1880 , Coaticook, Québec, Canada )
Age: 64

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Ephraim Clark ELLIS was born 10 january 1816 in Barnston, Quebec, Canada

Ephraim Clark ELLIS was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Ephraim Clark married Sarah Sheperd STEVENS 24 March 1853 in Barnston, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Sheperd STEVENS was born abt. 1821 Sarah Sheperd died 6 October 1860 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada. Sarah Sheperd was the child of Abel STEVENS and Elizabeth PARKHURST.

Ephraim Clark ELLIS died 6 May 1880 in Coaticook, Québec, Canada.

He Was one of the officials concerned with the sale of the churches in Barnston and Coaticook

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Occupation

Ephraim Clark ELLIS was a Harness maker, Bailiff.

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Ephraim Clark ELLIS married

Sarah Sheperd STEVENS-- Date: 24 March 1853 Place: Barnston, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Sarah Sheperd STEVENS was the child of Abel STEVENS and Elizabeth PARKHURST

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Children of Ephraim Clark ELLIS and Sarah Sheperd STEVENS:

Adelbert ELLIS (b.15 May 1852, Coaticook, Canada East d. 26 March 1909, Canaan, Vermont, USA )
m. Mary Ann HARTWELL

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1816 Birth
10 january 1816
Barnston, Quebec, 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.

1852 Birth of Child
Adelbert ELLIS was born 15 May 1852, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

Ephraim Clark was 36 years old.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Ephraim Clark ELLIS and Sarah Sheperd STEVENS 24 March 1853, Barnston, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

He was 37 years old.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sarah Sheperd STEVENS died 6 October 1860, Coaticook, Québec, Canada

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.