Olivier PARENTEAU

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19 April 1805 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

2 December 1875 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU Genevieve-Cecile DUMAS

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Born: 19 April 1805 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU

Mother: Genevieve-Cecile DUMAS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PARENTEAU , Marie-Jeanne GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR

Maternal grandparents: Michel DUMAS , Geneviève MONDOU

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Olivier married Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU 28 February 1832 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU was born 16 February 1812 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Edwidge-Marie died 6 August 1868 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Edwidge-Marie was the child of François-Xavier BIBEAU and Catherine SALVAIL.

Olivier PARENTEAU died 2 December 1875 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Olivier PARENTEAU married

Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU
Marriage date: 28 February 1832
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU was the child of François-Xavier BIBEAU and Catherine SALVAIL

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Children of Olivier PARENTEAU and Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU

Hercule PARENTEAU

Born: 5 July 1836, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 24 February 1908, St-Pie-de-Guire, Quebec, Canada

Narcisse PARENTEAU

Born: 22 July 1846, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: 27 February 1914, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1805
19 April 1805
Yamaska, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Olivier PARENTEAU and Edwidge-Marie BIBEAU 28 February 1832, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 26 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Hercule PARENTEAU was born 5 July 1836, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Olivier was 31 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Narcisse PARENTEAU was born 22 July 1846, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Olivier was 41 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.

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.