Daniel WEBSTER

(b. 13 October 1788 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1881 , Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Daniel WEBSTER was born 13 October 1788 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Daniel WEBSTER was the child of Abraham WEBSTER and Mary "Polly" JEFFERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham WEBSTER and Margaret WHITE (maternal) John JEFFERS and Elizabeth JESS

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Daniel married Sarah A GODFREY June 1821 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah A GODFREY was born 20 February 1801 in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah A died 19 July 1889 in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah A was the child of Elisha John GODFREY and Elizabeth SIBLEY.

Daniel WEBSTER died abt. 1881 in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Daniel WEBSTER married

Sarah A GODFREY-- Date: June 1821 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah A GODFREY was the child of Elisha John GODFREY and Elizabeth SIBLEY

Children of Daniel WEBSTER and Sarah A GODFREY:

John WEBSTER (b.18 November 1841, Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 23 January 1919, Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Sarah FULTON 8 February 1877

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1788 Birth
13 October 1788
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Daniel WEBSTER and Sarah A GODFREY June 1821, , Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 32 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

1841 Birth of Child
John WEBSTER was born 18 November 1841, Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Daniel was 53 years old.

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.