William Marsden COX

(b. 23 July 1804 , Nashwaah, York, New Brunswick, Canada d. 30 August 1874 , Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada )

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William Marsden COX was born 23 July 1804 in Nashwaah, York, New Brunswick, Canada

William Marsden COX was the child of John COX and Sarah Ann Bailey CLARKE

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

William Marsden married Elizabeth Hannah GEE 8 September 1829 in Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth Hannah GEE was born abt. 1804 in Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth Hannah died abt. 1901 in Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. Elizabeth Hannah was the child of Cornelius GEE and Rachel FOWLER.

William Marsden COX died 30 August 1874 in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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William Marsden COX married

Elizabeth Hannah GEE-- Date: 8 September 1829 Place: Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Elizabeth Hannah GEE was the child of Cornelius GEE and Rachel FOWLER

Children of William Marsden COX and Elizabeth Hannah GEE:

Sarah Ann COX (b.20 April 1842, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada d. 18 February 1922, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Alfred DEMERCHANT 1867

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1804 Birth
23 July 1804
Nashwaah, York, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
William Marsden COX and Elizabeth Hannah GEE 8 September 1829, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

He was 25 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

1842 Birth of Child
Sarah Ann COX was born 20 April 1842, Kent, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

William Marsden was 37 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.