Remi OUELLET

(b. 14 April 1818 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 21 March 1902 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )

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Remi OUELLET was born 14 April 1818 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Remi OUELLET was the child of Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien OUELLET and Marie-Catherine PLOURDE (maternal) Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Scholastique CARON

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

Remi married Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE 23 June 1840 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE was born 7 April 1820 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Anastasie died 9 July 1906 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Anastasie was the child of Clement PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Radegonde LIZOTTE.

Remi OUELLET died 21 March 1902 in La Pocatière, 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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Family and Children of Remi OUELLET

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Remi OUELLET married

Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE-- Date: 23 June 1840 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE was the child of Clement PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Radegonde LIZOTTE

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Children of Remi OUELLET and Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE:

Emelie Elmire OUELLET (b.3 June 1841, La Pocatière, Canada East d. 28 October 1926, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Stanislas Napoleon SOUCY 31 July 1860 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1818 Birth
14 April 1818
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Remi OUELLET and Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE 23 June 1840, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 22 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Emelie Elmire OUELLET was born 3 June 1841, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Remi was 23 years old.

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Emelie Elmire OUELLET married 31 July 1860, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Stanislas Napoleon SOUCY

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.