Olivier LAVOIE

(b. 23 June 1795 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1890 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Olivier LAVOIE was born 23 June 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Olivier LAVOIE was the child of Gabriel-Antoine LAVOIE and Marie-Clotilde TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LAVOIE and Marie-Madeleine GUAY (CASTONGUAY) (maternal) Charles TREMBLAY and Felicite DUCHESNE

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

Olivier married Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN 24 August 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was born 31 March 1776 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angelique died 20 December 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Angelique was the child of Louis-Charles BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite TRUDEL.

Olivier LAVOIE died 17 January 1890 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .

m. Angelique Langevin dite Bergevin
24 août 1819
Baie-St-Paul, Québec
Canada

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Occupation

Olivier LAVOIE was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Olivier LAVOIE married

Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN-- Date: 24 August 1819 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN was the child of Louis-Charles BERGEVIN dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite TRUDEL

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Children of Olivier LAVOIE and Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN:

Ode LAVOIE (b.5 July 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Zenobie TREMBLAY 28 April 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1795 Birth
23 June 1795
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Olivier LAVOIE and Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN 24 August 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Ode LAVOIE was born 5 July 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olivier was 26 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

1840 Marriage of Child
Ode LAVOIE married 28 April 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Zenobie TREMBLAY

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN died 20 December 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.