Augustin OUELLET

Born

20 August 1784 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 August 1862 , Kamouraska, Canada East

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Charles-Francois OUELLET Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Born: 20 August 1784 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Charles-Francois OUELLET

Mother: Marthe MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Paternal grandparents: Philippe-Pierre OUELLET , Marie-Helene DUVAL

Maternal grandparents: François MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Catherine SAUCIER

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Augustin married Chantal PRUNEAU 10 February 1835 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Chantal PRUNEAU was born 19 April 1799 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Chantal died 14 December 1871 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Chantal was the child of Charles PRUNEAU and Marguerite GERBERT dite JALBERT.

Augustin OUELLET died 18 August 1862 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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).

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Augustin OUELLET married

Chantal PRUNEAU
Marriage date: 10 February 1835
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Chantal PRUNEAU was the child of Charles PRUNEAU and Marguerite GERBERT dite JALBERT

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Children of Augustin OUELLET and Chantal PRUNEAU

Jeanne-Chantal OUELLET

Born: 28 January 1836, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1929, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Married: Noel-Alexis TREMBLAY 4 June 1866

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Birth — 1784
20 August 1784
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

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
Augustin OUELLET and Chantal PRUNEAU 10 February 1835, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 50 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Chantal OUELLET was born 28 January 1836, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Augustin was 51 years old.

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)

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.