Olympe LABRE

(b. 25 March 1833 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada d. 10 October 1883 , Chénéville, Papineau, Québec, Canada )

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Olympe LABRE was born 25 March 1833 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

Olympe LABRE was the child of ? and ?

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Olympe married Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT 20 August 1849 in Vaudreuil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT was born 15 April 1817 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Felix died 3 May 1864 in Ripon, Papineau, Québec, Canada.

Olympe LABRE died 10 October 1883 in Chénéville, Papineau, 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 LABRE married

Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT-- Date: 20 August 1849 Place: Vaudreuil, Canada East
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Children of Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT and Olympe LABRE:

Napoleon Clement PROULX (b.2 August 1863, Ripon, Quebec, Canada d. , )
m. Suzanne-Émilia DENIS 22 August 1882

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1833 Birth
25 March 1833
Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

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 LABRE and Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT 20 August 1849, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

She was 16 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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1863 Birth of Child
Napoleon Clement PROULX was born 2 August 1863, Ripon, Quebec, Canada

Olympe was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT died 3 May 1864, Ripon, Papineau, Québec, Canada

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.