Jean OUELLET

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17 January 1804 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

25 January 1881 , St-Ulric, Canada

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Raphael OUELLET Genevieve BOUCHARD

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Born: 17 January 1804 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Raphael OUELLET

Mother: Genevieve BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph OUELLET , Marie THIBODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François BOUCHARD , Genevieve PELLETIER

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Jean married Helene SAINDON 7 January 1834 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene SAINDON was born 7 June 1818 in Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna). Helene died 1 June 1894 in St-Ulric, Canada. Helene was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAINDON and Marie-Angelique HUDON.

Jean OUELLET died 25 January 1881 in St-Ulric, 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.

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Helene SAINDON
Marriage date: 7 January 1834
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Helene SAINDON was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAINDON and Marie-Angelique HUDON

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Geneviève OUELLET

Born: abt. 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1930, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Godefroy TREMBLAY 20 April 1885 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1804
17 January 1804
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Jean OUELLET and Helene SAINDON 7 January 1834, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 29 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.

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.