Olympe ST-GELAIS

(b. 17 August 1828 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 1 December 1903 , Roberval, Québec, Canada )

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Olympe ST-GELAIS was born 17 August 1828 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Olympe ST-GELAIS was the child of Bernard-Isaie ST-GELAIS and Marie-Judith FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Suzanne DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE (maternal) Jacques FORTIN and Judith TREMBLAY

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

Olympe married Ovide TREMBLAY 9 October 1848 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Ovide TREMBLAY was born 28 March 1825 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Ovide died 18 November 1891 in Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori, Canada. Ovide was the child of François TREMBLAY and Rosalie TREMBLAY.

Olympe ST-GELAIS died 1 December 1903 in Roberval, 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 Olympe ST-GELAIS

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Olympe ST-GELAIS married

Ovide TREMBLAY-- Date: 9 October 1848 Place: La Baie, Canada East
Ovide TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Rosalie TREMBLAY

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Children of Ovide TREMBLAY and Olympe ST-GELAIS:

Philomene TREMBLAY (b.9 May 1850, La Baie, Canada East d. 9 May 1935, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada )

Marie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 August 1930, La Baie, Québec, Canada )
m. Stanislas SIMARD 7 January 1873 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Anicet TREMBLAY (b.16 April 1854, La Baie, Canada East d. 2 April 1924, Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Francoise TREMBLAY 9 April 1877 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Elie TREMBLAY (b.6 November 1856, La Baie, Canada East d. 25 April 1922, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

Theophile TREMBLAY (b.28 August 1860, La Baie, Canada East d. 4 November 1946, Saint-Bruno, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)

Achille TREMBLAY (b.15 May 1865, La Baie, Canada East d. 2 May 1951, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )

Alphide TREMBLAY (b.31 October 1867, La Baie, Canada East d. 6 October 1957, La Tuque, Quebec, Canada)

Eva TREMBLAY (b.25 September 1872, La Baie, Québec, Canada d. 30 December 1943, Saint-Prime, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Adelard PERRON 5 August 1889 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1828 Birth
17 August 1828
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Olympe ST-GELAIS and Ovide TREMBLAY 9 October 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 20 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 9 May 1850, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 21 years old.

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Anicet TREMBLAY was born 16 April 1854, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 25 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Elie TREMBLAY was born 6 November 1856, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 28 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY was born 28 August 1860, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Achille TREMBLAY was born 15 May 1865, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 36 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Alphide TREMBLAY was born 31 October 1867, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 39 years old.

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

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

1872 Birth of Child
Eva TREMBLAY was born 25 September 1872, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Olympe was 44 years old.

1873 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 7 January 1873, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Stanislas SIMARD

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.

1877 Marriage of Child
Anicet TREMBLAY married 9 April 1877, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Francoise TREMBLAY

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)

1889 Marriage of Child
Eva TREMBLAY married 5 August 1889, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Adelard PERRON

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