Olivier BISSONNETTE

(b. 5 November 1815 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 2 March 1868 , Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada )

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Olivier BISSONNETTE was born 5 November 1815 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Olivier BISSONNETTE was the child of Antoine BISSONNETTE and Angelique SAUVÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois BISSONNETTE and Angélique VITRY dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Eustache SAUVÉ and Louise SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

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

Olivier married Angelique VERONNEAU 6 February 1837 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique VERONNEAU was born 26 May 1818 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Angelique died 10 November 1906 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERONNEAU dit DENIS and Catherine LALONDE.

Olivier BISSONNETTE died 2 March 1868 in Les Cèdres, 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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Olivier BISSONNETTE married

Angelique VERONNEAU-- Date: 6 February 1837 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Angelique VERONNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste VERONNEAU dit DENIS and Catherine LALONDE

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Children of Olivier BISSONNETTE and Angelique VERONNEAU:

Celestine BISSONNETTE (b.13 March 1850, Québec, Canada East d. abt. 1939, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Joseph-Moise LEROUX 22 May 1871 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1815 Birth
5 November 1815
Les Cèdres, 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 Marriage / Partner
Olivier BISSONNETTE and Angelique VERONNEAU 6 February 1837, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Celestine BISSONNETTE was born 13 March 1850, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Olivier was 34 years old.

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)

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.