Marie-Catherine OUELLET

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16 December 1752 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

24 June 1829 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET Marie-Catherine DUPERE

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Born: 16 December 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

Mother: Marie-Catherine DUPERE

Paternal grandparents: Francois OUELLET , Felicite PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Maternal grandparents: Charles DUPERE , Marie-Josephte-Anne RIVIERE

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Marie-Catherine married Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON 13 January 1772 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON was born 24 August 1740 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Alexis-Barthelemy died 12 January 1808 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Alexis-Barthelemy was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN.

Marie-Catherine OUELLET died 24 June 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada .
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Marie-Catherine OUELLET married

Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON
Marriage date: 13 January 1772
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAGNON and Marguerite LANGLAIS dite SERIEN

Children of Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON and Marie-Catherine OUELLET

Catherine GAGNON

Born: 23 October 1773, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 November 1832, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste RICHARD 20 July 1795 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

André GAGNON

Born: 28 August 1784, Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 16 October 1842, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada East

Married: Charlotte BOUCHER 8 January 1810 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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Birth — 1752
16 December 1752
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine OUELLET and Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON 13 January 1772, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 19 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Catherine GAGNON was born 23 October 1773, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Catherine was 20 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
André GAGNON was born 28 August 1784, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie-Catherine was 31 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Catherine GAGNON married 20 July 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)