Michel OUELLET

Born

6 September 1763 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 June 1835 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Michel OUELLET Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET

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Born: 6 September 1763 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel OUELLET

Mother: Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET

Paternal grandparents: Alexis OUELLET , Catherine MOREAU

Maternal grandparents: Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT , Geneviève LEVASSEUR

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

Michel married Marie LAMBERT 13 February 1792 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LAMBERT was born 6 July 1765 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie died 5 May 1843 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Marie was the child of François LAMBERT and Marguerite DEMERS.

Michel OUELLET died 9 June 1835 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Marie LAMBERT
Marriage date: 13 February 1792
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Marie LAMBERT was the child of François LAMBERT and Marguerite DEMERS

Children of Michel OUELLET and Marie LAMBERT

Thecle OUELLET

Born: 20 May 1793, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 May 1859, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East

Married: Firmin LANDRY 13 August 1816 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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Birth — 1763
6 September 1763
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Michel OUELLET and Marie LAMBERT 13 February 1792, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 28 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Thecle OUELLET was born 20 May 1793, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Michel was 29 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Thecle OUELLET married 13 August 1816, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Firmin LANDRY

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