Olivier LAVALLEE

Born

22 October 1810 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

4 September 1883 , St-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph LAVALLEE Marie CARTIER

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Born: 22 October 1810 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph LAVALLEE

Mother: Marie CARTIER

Paternal grandparents: Antoine LAVALLEE , Madeleine-Marguerite ALLARD

Maternal grandparents: Louis CARTIER , Marie THÉROUX

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Olivier married Josette COTNOIR 7 February 1843 in Saint-David, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette COTNOIR was born 22 March 1818 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Josette was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD.

Olivier LAVALLEE died 4 September 1883 in St-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, Canada.
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Olivier LAVALLEE married

Josette COTNOIR
Marriage date: 7 February 1843
Marriage place: Saint-David, Canada East
Josette COTNOIR was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD

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Children of Olivier LAVALLEE and Josette COTNOIR

Alphonsine LAVALLEE

Born: 4 December 1856, Saint-Aimé, Canada East
Died: 7 March 1946, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Narcisse "Nelson" BELANGER 7 January 1878

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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 — 1810
22 October 1810
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

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 Marriage / Partner
Olivier LAVALLEE and Josette COTNOIR 7 February 1843, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 32 years old.

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Alphonsine LAVALLEE was born 4 December 1856, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Olivier was 46 years old.

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.