Olive FORTIN

(b. 23 October 1801 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 15 June 1871 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Olive FORTIN was born 23 October 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Olive FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal) Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Olive married Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 13 February 1821 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 17 June 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Hippolyte died 8 January 1863 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Hippolyte was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY.

Olive FORTIN died 15 June 1871 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Olive FORTIN married

Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE-- Date: 13 February 1821 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Augustin GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Modeste TREMBLAY

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Children of Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Olive FORTIN:

Sophie GAUTHIER (b.28 December 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eloi TREMBLAY 3 September 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Euphrosine GAUTHIER (b.26 April 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 9 October 1916, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Paulin SIMARD 22 September 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1801 Birth
23 October 1801
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Olive FORTIN and Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 13 February 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 19 years old.

1821 Birth of Child
Sophie GAUTHIER was born 28 December 1821, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olive was 20 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Euphrosine GAUTHIER was born 26 April 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olive was 22 years old.

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 of Child
Euphrosine GAUTHIER married 22 September 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Paulin SIMARD

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Sophie GAUTHIER married 3 September 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Eloi TREMBLAY

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Hippolyte GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE died 8 January 1863, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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.