Olivie (Olive) BRISSON

(b. 4 May 1789 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 October 1878 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Olivie (Olive) BRISSON was born 4 May 1789 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Olivie (Olive) BRISSON was the child of Barthelemy BRISSON and Clothilde DESBIENS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace BRISSON dit DUTILLY and Marguerite LAVOIE (maternal) Étienne DESBIENS and Veronique GONTHIER

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

Olivie (Olive) married Alexis PERRON 23 February 1813 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis PERRON was born abt. 1792 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Alexis was the child of Antoine PERRON and Rosalie DUFOUR.

Olivie (Olive) BRISSON died 31 October 1878 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Olivie (Olive) BRISSON

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Olivie (Olive) BRISSON married

Alexis PERRON-- Date: 23 February 1813 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Alexis PERRON was the child of Antoine PERRON and Rosalie DUFOUR

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Children of Alexis PERRON and Olivie (Olive) BRISSON:

Timothee PERRON (b.5 May 1818, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 27 June 1864, Chicoutimi, Canada East )
m. Eleonore DUCHESNE 20 July 1847 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Ovide PERRON (b.14 October 1820, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1882, Amqui, Canada)
m. Elisabeth TREMBLAY 9 June 1845 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1789 Birth
4 May 1789
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Olivie (Olive) BRISSON and Alexis PERRON 23 February 1813, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 23 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Timothee PERRON was born 5 May 1818, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olivie (Olive) was 29 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Ovide PERRON was born 14 October 1820, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olivie (Olive) was 31 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

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Ovide PERRON married 9 June 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Elisabeth TREMBLAY

1847 Marriage of Child
Timothee PERRON married 20 July 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Eleonore DUCHESNE

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Timothee PERRON died 27 June 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Olivie (Olive) was 75 years old.

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.