William LAWRENCE

(b. 27 July 1792 , Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada d. 27 February 1872 , Keswick Ridge, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada )

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William LAWRENCE was born 27 July 1792 in Douglas, York, New Brunswick, Canada

William LAWRENCE was the child of Isaac LAWRENCE and Catherine ROYAL

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William married Nancy MILLS abt. 1807 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy MILLS was born abt. 1792 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Nancy was the child of Isaac MILLS and Ruth PAIN.

William LAWRENCE died 27 February 1872 in Keswick Ridge, Bright, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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William LAWRENCE married

Nancy MILLS-- Date: abt. 1807 Place:
Nancy MILLS was the child of Isaac MILLS and Ruth PAIN

Children of William LAWRENCE and Nancy MILLS:

William Henry LAWRENCE (b.abt. 1812, Eastport, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 23 September 1892, Eastport, Maine, USA)
m. Mary Ann OLIVER 1835

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1792 Birth
27 July 1792
Douglas, York, New Brunswick, 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

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.