Olivier LAVALLEE

(b. 22 October 1810 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 4 September 1883 , St-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, Canada )

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Olivier LAVALLEE was born 22 October 1810 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Olivier LAVALLEE was the child of Joseph LAVALLEE and Marie CARTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LAVALLEE and Madeleine-Marguerite ALLARD (maternal) Louis CARTIER and Marie THÉROUX

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

Olivier married Josette COTNOIR 7 February 1843 in Saint-David, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette COTNOIR was born 22 March 1818 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Josette was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD.

Olivier LAVALLEE died 4 September 1883 in St-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Olivier LAVALLEE

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Olivier LAVALLEE married

Josette COTNOIR-- Date: 7 February 1843 Place: Saint-David, Canada East
Josette COTNOIR was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD

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Children of Olivier LAVALLEE and Josette COTNOIR:

Alphonsine LAVALLEE (b.4 December 1856, Saint-Aimé, Canada East d. 7 March 1946, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Narcisse "Nelson" BELANGER 7 January 1878

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1810 Birth
22 October 1810
Yamaska, 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

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 / Partner
Olivier LAVALLEE and Josette COTNOIR 7 February 1843, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 32 years old.

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.

1856 Birth of Child
Alphonsine LAVALLEE was born 4 December 1856, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

Olivier was 46 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

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.