Robert J SMITH

(b. 1 January 1801 , Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1 October 1886 , Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Robert J SMITH was born 1 January 1801 in Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada

Robert J SMITH was the child of Stephen SMITH and Jane Moriah RUSSELL

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

Robert J married Sarah CARPENTER 23 October 1823 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah CARPENTER was born 22 March 1798 in Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah died 4 August 1878 in Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah was the child of Thomas CARPENTER and Catherine SHAW.

Robert J SMITH died 1 October 1886 in Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Robert J SMITH married

Sarah CARPENTER-- Date: 23 October 1823 Place: , Canada
Sarah CARPENTER was the child of Thomas CARPENTER and Catherine SHAW

Children of Robert J SMITH and Sarah CARPENTER:

Susan Elizabeth SMITH (b.abt. 1829, Wickham, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada d. abt. 1921, Millville, York, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. James William GOLDING 6 April 1854

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1801 Birth
1 January 1801
Hampstead, Queens, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Robert J SMITH and Sarah CARPENTER 23 October 1823, , Canada

He was 22 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

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.