Olympe LEMIEUX

(b. 24 February 1827 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 January 1890 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada )

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Olympe LEMIEUX was born 24 February 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Olympe LEMIEUX was the child of Joseph LEMIEUX and Marie LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEMIEUX and Marie-Felicite GAGNÉ (maternal) Gabriel-Antoine LAVOIE and Marie-Clotilde TREMBLAY

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Olympe married Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 30 January 1849 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was born 22 May 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Georges died 12 June 1908 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Georges was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN.

Olympe LEMIEUX died 24 January 1890 in Saint-Fulgence, 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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Olympe LEMIEUX married

Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE-- Date: 30 January 1849 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE was the child of Eugene-Eucher GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marguerite POTVIN

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Children of Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Olympe LEMIEUX:

Eugenie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.20 April 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )
m. Edouard TREMBLAY 21 November 1876 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Zélie-Amarilda GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE (b.14 August 1870, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Elie TREMBLAY 5 August 1887

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1827 Birth
24 February 1827
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

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

1849 Marriage / Partner
Olympe LEMIEUX and Georges GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 30 January 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She 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.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Eugenie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 20 April 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olympe was 30 years old.

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.

1870 Birth of Child
Marie-Zélie-Amarilda GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE was born 14 August 1870, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Olympe was 43 years old.

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
Eugenie GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE married 21 November 1876, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Edouard 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)