Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

(b. 5 May 1827 , Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada d. 9 August 1893 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 5 May 1827 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was the child of Joseph BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Anne GREGOIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Archange GAGNÉ (maternal) Nicolas GREGOIRE and Catherine GUERIN

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

Olivier married Rosalie MONETTE 3 March 1851 in Saint-Valentin, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Rosalie MONETTE was born 21 December 1834 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Rosalie died 16 September 1909 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Rosalie was the child of Paul Hippolyte MONET and Rose (Rosalie) TRAHAN.

Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS died 9 August 1893 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

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Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS married

Rosalie MONETTE-- Date: 3 March 1851 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Rosalie MONETTE was the child of Paul Hippolyte MONET and Rose (Rosalie) TRAHAN

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Children of Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Rosalie MONETTE:

Lea LIVERNOIS (b.March 1853, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 October 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Lucien FONTAINE 18 January 1872 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Octave LIVERNOIS (b.2 October 1854, Saint-Valentin, Canada East d. 5 February 1917 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Josephine BOUDREAU (BEAUDREAU) 15 May 1876 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1827 Birth
5 May 1827
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Olivier BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Rosalie MONETTE 3 March 1851 , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Lea LIVERNOIS was born March 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Olivier was 25 years old.

1854 Birth of Child
Octave LIVERNOIS was born 2 October 1854, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Olivier was 27 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1872 Marriage of Child
Lea LIVERNOIS married 18 January 1872, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada to Lucien FONTAINE

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Octave LIVERNOIS married 15 May 1876 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Josephine BOUDREAU (BEAUDREAU)

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented