Charles Mott CUSHING

(b. 3 August 1791 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 September 1887 , Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Charles Mott CUSHING was born 3 August 1791 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles Mott CUSHING was the child of Benjamin Boylston CUSHING and Martha YOUNG

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Charles Mott married Jane FREEMAN 20 January 1821 in Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jane FREEMAN was born 24 September 1801 in Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jane died 7 June 1892 in Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jane was the child of Samuel FREEMAN and Rebecca HARLOW.

Charles Mott CUSHING died 12 September 1887 in Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Charles Mott CUSHING married

Jane FREEMAN-- Date: 20 January 1821 Place: Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jane FREEMAN was the child of Samuel FREEMAN and Rebecca HARLOW

Children of Charles Mott CUSHING and Jane FREEMAN:

Zoeth Freeman CUSHING (b.11 November 1831, Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 11 October 1861, )
m. Narcissa BURKE 23 March 1854

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1791 Birth
3 August 1791
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 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
Charles Mott CUSHING and Jane FREEMAN 20 January 1821, Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

He was 29 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

1831 Birth of Child
Zoeth Freeman CUSHING was born 11 November 1831, Caledonia, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles Mott was 40 years old.

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)

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.