Olivier DUCHEMIN

Born

26 October 1799 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Died

25 January 1869 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

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François DUCHEMIN Marie-Louise MARCOTTE

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Born: 26 October 1799 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Father: François DUCHEMIN

Mother: Marie-Louise MARCOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MARCOTTE , Louise LEFEBVRE

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Olivier married Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 6 May 1822 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was born 21 October 1805 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Catherine died 21 January 1846 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Catherine was the child of Louis-Henri CHEVREFILS and Josephte GAUTHIER.

Olivier DUCHEMIN died 25 January 1869 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada .
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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
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Olivier DUCHEMIN married

Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE
Marriage date: 6 May 1822
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE was the child of Louis-Henri CHEVREFILS and Josephte GAUTHIER

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Children of Olivier DUCHEMIN and Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Philomene DUCHEMIN

Born: 26 July 1843, Yamachiche, Canada East
Died: 15 March 1923, St-Thomas-de-Caxton, Canada

Married: Raphael GARCEAU 7 May 1867 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1799
26 October 1799
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Olivier DUCHEMIN and Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE 6 May 1822, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 22 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Philomene DUCHEMIN was born 26 July 1843, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Olivier was 43 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE died 21 January 1846, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Philomene DUCHEMIN married 7 May 1867, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Raphael GARCEAU