Sophie OUELLET

(b. 15 September 1832 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 17 October 1871 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie OUELLET was born 15 September 1832 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Sophie OUELLET was the child of Jean-Alexis OUELLET and Charlotte GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François OUELLET and Judith LEBEL (maternal) Clement GAGNON and Theotiste DUBE

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Sophie married Elzear TREMBLAY 20 June 1870 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada . Elzear TREMBLAY was born 3 May 1825 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Elzear was the child of Jean-Benoni TREMBLAY and Adelaide PELLETIER.

Sophie OUELLET died 17 October 1871 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada.
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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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Sophie OUELLET married

Elzear TREMBLAY-- Date: 20 June 1870 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Elzear TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Benoni TREMBLAY and Adelaide PELLETIER

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1832 Birth
15 September 1832
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower 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)

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.