Olivier TOUSSAINT

Born

31 March 1827 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

2 February 1897 , Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

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Louis-Marie TOUSSAINT Julie PHILIBERT

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Born: 31 March 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Louis-Marie TOUSSAINT

Mother: Julie PHILIBERT

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Olivier married Helene PELLETIER 22 November 1859 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene PELLETIER was born 25 May 1838 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Helene died 5 June 1870 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston). Helene was the child of Celestin PELLETIER and Marie Justine AUBUT.

Olivier TOUSSAINT died 2 February 1897 in Gardner, Massachusetts, USA.
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Olivier TOUSSAINT married

Helene PELLETIER
Marriage date: 22 November 1859
Marriage place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Helene PELLETIER was the child of Celestin PELLETIER and Marie Justine AUBUT

Children of Olivier TOUSSAINT and Helene PELLETIER

Adeline TOUSSAINT

Born: 31 March 1862, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 February 1940, Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Alfred BILODEAU 28 December 1880 Place: Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1827
31 March 1827
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Olivier TOUSSAINT and Helene PELLETIER 22 November 1859, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

He was 32 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Adeline TOUSSAINT was born 31 March 1862, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Olivier was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.