Olivier VEZINA

(b. 5 March 1805 , L'Islet, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1879 , Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada )

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Olivier VEZINA was born 5 March 1805 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Olivier VEZINA was the child of Pierre-Michel VEZINA and Elisabeth BOURGAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste VEZINA and Marie-Geneviève TRUDEL (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOURGAULT and Madeleine VERMET

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

Olivier married Sophie LEMIEUX 24 November 1835 in Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie LEMIEUX was born 20 July 1806 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Sophie died 14 February 1864 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Sophie was the child of Marcel LEMIEUX and Genevieve LAVOIE.

Olivier VEZINA died 18 September 1879 in Isle-aux-Grues, 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 Olivier VEZINA

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Olivier VEZINA married

Sophie LEMIEUX-- Date: 24 November 1835 Place: Isle-aux-Grues, Lower Canada
Sophie LEMIEUX was the child of Marcel LEMIEUX and Genevieve LAVOIE

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Children of Olivier VEZINA and Sophie LEMIEUX:

Wilfred-Jeremie VEZINA (b.10 April 1842, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada East d. 9 November 1917, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada )
m. Aurelie LAVOIE 9 November 1865 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1805 Birth
5 March 1805
L'Islet, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Olivier VEZINA and Sophie LEMIEUX 24 November 1835, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 30 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Wilfred-Jeremie VEZINA was born 10 April 1842, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Olivier was 37 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie LEMIEUX died 14 February 1864, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1865 Marriage of Child
Wilfred-Jeremie VEZINA married 9 November 1865, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Aurelie LAVOIE

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.