Modeste OUELLET

(b. 8 April 1742 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. , )

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Modeste OUELLET was born 8 April 1742 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Modeste OUELLET was the child of Sébastien OUELLET and Marie-Anne ALBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gregoire OUELLET and Anne-Josephe LIZOTTE (maternal) Pierre ALBERT and Louise-Thérèse GRONDIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Modeste married Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER 2 February 1761 in La Pocatière, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER was born 29 September 1736 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS.

Modeste married (2) Claude MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE 11 July 1791 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Claude MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE was born 4 May 1736 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Claude was the child of Jacques MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Barbe BROSSARD.

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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).

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.

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