Nancy DEWOLFE

(b. 5 May 1789 , Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 August 1874 , Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Nancy DEWOLFE was born 5 May 1789 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nancy DEWOLFE was the child of John DEWOLFE and Susannah HATCH and the grandchild of: (maternal) John HATCH and Patience ATWELL

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

Nancy married William EATON 25 April 1809 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William EATON was born 20 April 1786 in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, Canada. William died 20 November 1852 in Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. William was the child of Elisha EATON and Irene BLISS.

Nancy DEWOLFE died 24 August 1874 in Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Nancy DEWOLFE married

William EATON-- Date: 25 April 1809 Place:
William EATON was the child of Elisha EATON and Irene BLISS

Children of William EATON and Nancy DEWOLFE:

Leonard EATON (b.15 May 1810, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 2 August 1891, Lower Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Elizabeth EATON 1 October 1840

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1789 Birth
5 May 1789
Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Nancy DEWOLFE and William EATON 25 April 1809,

She was 19 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Leonard EATON was born 15 May 1810, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nancy was 21 years old.

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
William EATON died 20 November 1852, Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.