Olivier BISSONNETTE

Born

5 November 1815 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Died

2 March 1868 , Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada

Olivier married Angelique VERONNEAU 6 February 1837 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique VERONNEAU was born 26 May 1818 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . Angelique died 10 November 1906 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada . Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERONNEAU dit DENIS and Catherine LALONDE .

Parents & Family of Olivier BISSONNETTE

Parents of Olivier BISSONNETTE

Father

Antoine BISSONNETTE

Mother

Angelique SAUVÉ

Grandparents of Olivier BISSONNETTE

Paternal grandparents

Francois BISSONNETTE Angélique VITRY dite ST-GERMAIN

Maternal grandparents

Eustache SAUVÉ Louise SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Olivier BISSONNETTE

Olivier BISSONNETTE married

Angelique VERONNEAU
Marriage date: 6 February 1837
Marriage place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Angelique VERONNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERONNEAU dit DENIS and Catherine LALONDE

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

Children of Olivier BISSONNETTE and Angelique VERONNEAU

Celestine BISSONNETTE

Born: 13 March 1850, Québec, Canada East
Died: abt. 1939, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Joseph-Moise LEROUX 22 May 1871 Place: Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1815
5 November 1815
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Olivier BISSONNETTE and Angelique VERONNEAU 6 February 1837, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Celestine BISSONNETTE was born 13 March 1850, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Olivier was 34 years old.

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.