Olivier RACINE

Born

8 May 1805 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada

Died

4 August 1860 , Québec, Canada East

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Pierre RACINE Felicite GAGNON

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Born: 8 May 1805 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre RACINE

Mother: Felicite GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre RACINE , Marie-Josephte PARÉ

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GAGNON , Marie-Genevieve BOUCHER

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

Olivier married Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON 18 February 1828 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON was born 19 July 1806 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Jeanne was the child of Raphael ELIE dit BRETON and Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE.

Olivier RACINE died 4 August 1860 in Québec, Canada East .
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Recorded occupation: 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

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Olivier RACINE

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Olivier RACINE married

Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON
Marriage date: 18 February 1828
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON was the child of Raphael ELIE dit BRETON and Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

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Children of Olivier RACINE and Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON

Angele RACINE

Born: 20 March 1831, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Edouard TREMBLAY 31 July 1855 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1805
8 May 1805
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Olivier RACINE and Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON 18 February 1828, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Angele RACINE was born 20 March 1831, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Olivier was 25 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)

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