flag male ancestor  Olivier  BEGIN

  (b. 15 April 1787 Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada   d. 7 November 1858 Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East )  

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Olivier BEGIN was born 15 April 1787 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada

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Olivier  married  Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE 8 October 1810 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE  was born 26 November 1789 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy).  Marie-Angelique died 2 March 1878 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). 

Olivier BEGIN died 7 November 1858 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East .
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Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Olivier BEGIN

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Olivier BEGIN married flag female ancestor Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE-- Date: 8 October 1810 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada


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Children of Olivier BEGIN and Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE:

flag female ancestor Adelaide BEGIN (b.17 July 1820, Saint-Joseph, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada  d. 1 September 1913, St-Romain de Winslow, Frontenac, Quebec, Canada)
m. Joseph BOUFFARD 15 November 1842 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada



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birth1787 Birth
15 April 1787
Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1810 Marriage / Partner
Olivier BEGIN and Marie-Angelique BOURGETTE 8 October 1810, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 23 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1820 Birth of Child
Adelaide BEGIN was born 17 July 1820, Saint-Joseph, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Olivier was 33 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1842 Marriage of Child
Adelaide BEGIN married 15 November 1842, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Joseph BOUFFARD
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
death1858 Death
7 November 1858
Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East

He died at the age of 71.
Added: 11/17/2025 2:38:17 PM - Updated: 11/17/2025 2:39:11 PM

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