Benjamin J PHINNEY

(b. abt. 1806 , Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 8 April 1883 , Wilmot Twp, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Benjamin J PHINNEY was born abt. 1806 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Benjamin J PHINNEY was the child of Elijah PHINNEY and Hephzibah CHESLEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isaac PHINNEY and Anne THOMAS (maternal) Samuel CHESLEY and Eleanor MOORE

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Benjamin J married Olevia SANGSTER 24 January 1833 in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olevia SANGSTER was born abt. 1811 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Olevia died 14 February 1849 in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Olevia was the child of John SANGSTER and Eunice CLEVELAND.

Benjamin J PHINNEY died 8 April 1883 in Wilmot Twp, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Benjamin J PHINNEY married

Olevia SANGSTER-- Date: 24 January 1833 Place: Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Olevia SANGSTER was the child of John SANGSTER and Eunice CLEVELAND

Children of Benjamin J PHINNEY and Olevia SANGSTER:

Annie Mae PHINNEY (b.8 November 1834, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1939, , Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. George Outhit COLLINS 20 August 1864

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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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin J PHINNEY and Olevia SANGSTER 24 January 1833, Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

1834 Birth of Child
Annie Mae PHINNEY was born 8 November 1834, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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)

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Olevia SANGSTER died 14 February 1849, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.