Olivier GAUVIN

Born

7 April 1781 , Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 September 1859 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East

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Antoine GAUVIN Marie-Josephe GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Born: 7 April 1781 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine GAUVIN

Mother: Marie-Josephe GARNIER (GRENIER)

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GAUVIN , Angélique OUVRARD dite LAPERRIÈRE

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) , Catherine DUSSAULT dite TOUPIN

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Olivier married Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT) 17 January 1802 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT) was born abt. 1782 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pelagie died 25 November 1839 in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice). Pelagie was the child of Michel LORIOT (LAURIAULT) and Marguerite GERMAIN.

Olivier GAUVIN died 12 September 1859 in Neuville, Portneuf, 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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Olivier GAUVIN married

Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT)
Marriage date: 17 January 1802
Marriage place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT) was the child of Michel LORIOT (LAURIAULT) and Marguerite GERMAIN

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Children of Olivier GAUVIN and Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT)

Jean-Baptiste-Remi GAUVIN

Born: 26 November 1808, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Died: 6 November 1886, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada

Married: Eleonore ALARIE 10 October 1831 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1781
7 April 1781
Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Olivier GAUVIN and Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT) 17 January 1802, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 20 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Remi GAUVIN was born 26 November 1808, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Olivier was 27 years old.

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Remi GAUVIN married 10 October 1831, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Eleonore ALARIE

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)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pelagie LORIOT (LAURIAULT) died 25 November 1839, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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.

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

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

Death — 1859
12 September 1859
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada East
He died at the age of 78.

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