Etienne OUELLET

Born

abt. 1813 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

13 March 1886 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Etienne married Marcelline LEVESQUE 27 October 1835 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marcelline LEVESQUE was born 11 April 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada. Marcelline died 25 November 1924 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marcelline was the child of François-Isidore LEVESQUE and Therese LIZOTTE .

Parents & Family of Etienne OUELLET

Parents of Etienne OUELLET

Father

Joseph OUELLET

Mother

Marie LÉVESQUE

Grandparents of Etienne OUELLET

Paternal grandparents

André OUELLET Marie-Louise GAGNON

Maternal grandparents

Benoit LEVESQUE Marie BRUN

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Did you know that René Ouellet is likely the ancestor of all the descendants bearing the names Ouellet and Ouellette in North America? The name Ouellet(te) ranks 11th among the most common surnames in Quebec! If you're last name is Ouellet, there's a really good chance that you are directly descended from René HOÛALLET (OUELLET) and one of his two wives (Anne Rivet and Marie-Therese Mignault).

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Etienne OUELLET

Etienne OUELLET married

Marcelline LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 27 October 1835
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Marcelline LEVESQUE was the child of François-Isidore LEVESQUE and Therese LIZOTTE

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Children of Etienne OUELLET and Marcelline LEVESQUE

Adeline OUELLET

Born: 27 February 1851, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 14 May 1909, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Alban TREMBLAY 26 January 1874 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Louis OUELLET

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 March 1938, Alma, Québec, Canada

Married: Victoria SIMARD 7 January 1879 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Etienne OUELLET and Marcelline LEVESQUE 27 October 1835, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, 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)

1851 Birth of Child
Adeline OUELLET was born 27 February 1851, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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.