Olive RHEAUME

(b. 1 July 1817 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. 22 December 1895 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Olive RHEAUME was born 1 July 1817 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

Olive RHEAUME was the child of Vital RHEAUME and Desanges CARDINAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RHEAUME and Marie-Charlotte GAGNE (maternal) François-Daniel CARDINAL and Michelle-Archange SURPRENANT

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

Olive married Isaie BOURELLE 20 November 1837 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Isaie BOURELLE was born abt. 1815 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Isaie died 27 July 1894 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Isaie was the child of Francois BOUREL (BOURELLE) and Catherine GADOIS.

Olive RHEAUME died 22 December 1895 in Napierville, 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 Olive RHEAUME

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Olive RHEAUME married

Isaie BOURELLE-- Date: 20 November 1837 Place: Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
Isaie BOURELLE was the child of Francois BOUREL (BOURELLE) and Catherine GADOIS

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Children of Isaie BOURELLE and Olive RHEAUME:

Isaie BOURELLE (b.abt. 1839, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada d. , )

Olivier BOURELLE (b.1 August 1843, Saint-Constant, Canada East d. 22 November 1915, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Mary PROVENCAL? EXGGSWARE? 1866

Olivine BOURELLE (b.11 September 1845, Saint-Constant, Canada East d. , )

Sophranie BOURELLE (b.abt. 1847, Saint-Constant, Canada East d. , )

Simeon BOURELLE (b.abt. 1849, Saint-Constant, Canada East d. , )

Emery BOURELLE (b.abt. 1851, Saint-Constant, Canada East d. , )

Georgiana BOURELLE (b.abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 July 1934, Saint-Rémi, Québec, Canada )

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1817 Birth
1 July 1817
Saint-Constant, 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 Marriage / Partner
Olive RHEAUME and Isaie BOURELLE 20 November 1837, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Olivier BOURELLE was born 1 August 1843, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Olive was 26 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Olivine BOURELLE was born 11 September 1845, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Olive was 28 years old.

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)

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.