Olivier GOULET

Born

17 April 1818 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

21 March 1891 , Joliette, Québec, Canada

Olivier married Marie-Odile COUTU 26 February 1838 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Odile COUTU was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Odile died 1 May 1901 in Joliette, Québec, Canada .

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son of Joseph Goulet and Julie Champagne

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Olivier GOULET

Olivier GOULET married

Marie-Odile COUTU
Marriage date: 26 February 1838
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Olivier GOULET and Marie-Odile COUTU

Agnes GOULET

Born: 22 March 1844, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East
Died: abt. 1916, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edmond BURON 12 January 1864

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1818
17 April 1818
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Olivier GOULET and Marie-Odile COUTU 26 February 1838, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 19 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Agnes GOULET was born 22 March 1844, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Olivier was 25 years old.

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.