Olympe GROLEAU

Born

29 August 1829 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

30 October 1901 , St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Olympe married Abraham POULIN 25 July 1848 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham POULIN was born 11 October 1825 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada. Abraham died 4 March 1856 in St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Abraham was the child of Charles POULIN and Therese JACQUES .

Parents & Family of Olympe GROLEAU

Parents of Olympe GROLEAU

Father

Casimir GROLEAU

Mother

Ursule TARDIF

Grandparents of Olympe GROLEAU

Paternal grandparents

Joseph GROLEAU Angelique POULIN

Maternal grandparents

Ignace TARDIF Marguerite JACQUES dite PIERRE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Olympe GROLEAU

Olympe GROLEAU married

Abraham POULIN
Marriage date: 25 July 1848
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Abraham POULIN was the child of Charles POULIN and Therese JACQUES

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

Children of Abraham POULIN and Olympe GROLEAU

Celina POULIN

Born: abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 October 1887, Saint-Victor, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Married: Joseph FECTEAU 11 May 1885

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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 — 1829
29 August 1829
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Olympe GROLEAU and Abraham POULIN 25 July 1848, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abraham POULIN died 4 March 1856, St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada

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.