Benjamin EATON

(b. 27 February 1822 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1885 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Benjamin EATON was born 27 February 1822 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Benjamin EATON was the child of Enoch EATON and Hannah Lydia ROCKWELL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Elisha EATON and Irene BLISS (maternal) Asahel ROCKWELL and Ruth BROOKS

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Benjamin married Sophia ELLS 19 May 1847 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophia ELLS was born 31 October 1828 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sophia died 21 October 1905 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sophia was the child of William ELLS and Sophia EATON.

Benjamin EATON died abt. 1885 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Benjamin EATON married

Sophia ELLS-- Date: 19 May 1847 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Sophia ELLS was the child of William ELLS and Sophia EATON

Children of Benjamin EATON and Sophia ELLS:

Arthur Watson EATON (b.1 December 1852, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 30 November 1934, Dalton, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Frances Maria "Fanny" HANMER 11 June 1878 in East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
m. Katherine Amelia LEARNED 2 February 1911 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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1822 Birth
27 February 1822
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 / Partner
Benjamin EATON and Sophia ELLS 19 May 1847, , Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Arthur Watson EATON was born 1 December 1852, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Benjamin was 30 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

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.