flag female ancestor  Olympe  GROLEAU

  (b. 29 August 1829 Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada   d. 30 October 1901 St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada )  

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Olympe GROLEAU was born 29 August 1829 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Olympe GROLEAU was the child of Casimir GROLEAU   and   Ursule TARDIF and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph GROLEAU and Angelique POULIN (maternal)  Ignace TARDIF and Marguerite JACQUES dite PIERRE

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Olympe  married  Abraham POULIN 25 July 1848 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abraham POULIN  was born 11 October 1825 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada.  Abraham died 4 March 1856 in St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada.  Abraham was the child of Charles POULIN and Therese JACQUES.

Olympe GROLEAU died 30 October 1901 in St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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 Olympe GROLEAU

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Olympe GROLEAU married flag male ancestor Abraham POULIN-- Date: 25 July 1848 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Abraham POULIN was the child of Charles POULIN and Therese JACQUES




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Children of Abraham POULIN and Olympe GROLEAU:

flag female ancestor Celina POULIN (b.abt. 1856, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 20 October 1887, Saint-Victor, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph FECTEAU 11 May 1885



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birth1829 Birth
29 August 1829
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1848 Marriage / Partner
Olympe GROLEAU and Abraham POULIN 25 July 1848, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Abraham POULIN died 4 March 1856, St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1887 Death of Child
Celina POULIN died 20 October 1887, Saint-Victor, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Olympe was 58 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1901 Death
30 October 1901
St-Victor-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 72.
Added: 4/22/2020 2:41:52 PM - Updated: 4/22/2020 2:42:44 PM

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