Olive GARAND

(b. 4 January 1811 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 25 February 1867 , St-Raphael, Bellechasse, Canada East )

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Olive GARAND was born 4 January 1811 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Olive GARAND was the child of Pierre GARAND and Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GARAND and Marie-Thérèse DEMERS (maternal) Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Angelique FOURNIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Olive married Antoine TANGUAY 4 June 1832 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine TANGUAY was born 10 March 1807 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 7 December 1850 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jacques TANGUAY and Thérèse ALLAIRE.

Olive GARAND died 25 February 1867 in St-Raphael, Bellechasse, Canada East.
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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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Olive GARAND

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Olive GARAND married

Antoine TANGUAY-- Date: 4 June 1832 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada
Antoine TANGUAY was the child of Jacques TANGUAY and Thérèse ALLAIRE

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Children of Antoine TANGUAY and Olive GARAND:

Adele TANGUAY (b.abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 May 1878, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Magloire LEBLOND 21 February 1854

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1811 Birth
4 January 1811
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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
Olive GARAND and Antoine TANGUAY 4 June 1832, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 21 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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)