David FOSTER

(b. 5 April 1813 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 28 February 1880 , Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada )

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David FOSTER was born 5 April 1813 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

David FOSTER was the child of ? and ?

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David married Scholastique CORMIER 9 May 1844 in Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique CORMIER was born abt. 1825 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. Scholastique died 10 October 1879 in Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

David FOSTER died 28 February 1880 in Scoudouc, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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David FOSTER married

Scholastique CORMIER-- Date: 9 May 1844 Place: Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of David FOSTER and Scholastique CORMIER:

Pierre FOSTER (b.1 June 1861, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada d. 2 August 1917, Scoudouc, Shediac, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Madeleine MELANSON 25 August 1902

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1813 Birth
5 April 1813
Memramcook, 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 - 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
David FOSTER and Scholastique CORMIER 9 May 1844, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Pierre FOSTER was born 1 June 1861, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

David was 48 years old.

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.