Olivier RODRIGUE

(b. 11 April 1797 , Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 29 November 1879 , Beauceville, Québec, Canada )

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Olivier RODRIGUE was born 11 April 1797 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

Olivier RODRIGUE was the child of Charles RODRIGUE and Marie-Angélique POULIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste RODRIGUE and Marie-Dorothee FOUGERE (maternal) Pierre POULIN and Genevieve BOUCHER

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

Olivier married Catherine QUIRION 1 August 1820 in Beauceville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine QUIRION was born 3 May 1797 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Catherine died 7 March 1864 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Catherine was the child of François-Regis QUIRION and Catherine CRESSAC dite TOULOUSE.

Olivier RODRIGUE died 29 November 1879 in Beauceville, 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 RODRIGUE

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Olivier RODRIGUE married

Catherine QUIRION-- Date: 1 August 1820 Place: Beauceville, Lower Canada
Catherine QUIRION was the child of François-Regis QUIRION and Catherine CRESSAC dite TOULOUSE

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Children of Olivier RODRIGUE and Catherine QUIRION:

François-Xavier RODRIGUE (b.29 August 1822, Beauceville, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1901, Beauceville, Québec, Canada )
m. Cesarie GRONDIN 8 November 1843 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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1797 Birth
11 April 1797
Beauceville, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Olivier RODRIGUE and Catherine QUIRION 1 August 1820, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

He was 23 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
François-Xavier RODRIGUE was born 29 August 1822, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Olivier was 25 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)

1843 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier RODRIGUE married 8 November 1843, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Cesarie GRONDIN

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
Catherine QUIRION died 7 March 1864, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

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.