Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER

(b. 28 June 1817 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1908 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER was born 28 June 1817 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER was the child of François OLIVIER and Marie-Rose DEMERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph-Marie DEMERS and Marguerite DEMERS

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

Pierre-Modeste married Genevieve DESROCHERS 24 November 1840 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve DESROCHERS was born 4 August 1820 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Genevieve was the child of Jean-Gabriel HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Angelique FILTEAU.

Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER died 17 February 1908 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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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Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER married

Genevieve DESROCHERS-- Date: 24 November 1840 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Genevieve DESROCHERS was the child of Jean-Gabriel HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Angelique FILTEAU

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Children of Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER and Genevieve DESROCHERS:

Basile OLIVIER (b.11 February 1853, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East d. 24 April 1915, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephine DEMERS 6 November 1876 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1817 Birth
28 June 1817
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

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 - 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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Modeste OLIVIER and Genevieve DESROCHERS 24 November 1840, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Basile OLIVIER was born 11 February 1853, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Modeste was 35 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Basile OLIVIER married 6 November 1876, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephine DEMERS

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)