Benoit OUELLET

Born

20 May 1809 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Died

9 December 1881 , St-Pacome, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph OUELLET Marie LÉVESQUE

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Born: 20 May 1809 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph OUELLET

Mother: Marie LÉVESQUE

Paternal grandparents: André OUELLET , Marie-Louise GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Benoit LEVESQUE , Marie BRUN

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Benoit married Marie THERIAULT (TERRIAULT) 10 November 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie THERIAULT (TERRIAULT) was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 22 December 1879 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).

Benoit OUELLET died 9 December 1881 in St-Pacome, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Benoit OUELLET married

Marie THERIAULT (TERRIAULT)
Marriage date: 10 November 1829
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

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Benoit OUELLET

Born: 31 October 1831, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louise TALON 2 May 1854 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1809
20 May 1809
Rivière-Ouelle, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Benoit OUELLET and Marie THERIAULT (TERRIAULT) 10 November 1829, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 20 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Benoit OUELLET was born 31 October 1831, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Benoit was 22 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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Benoit OUELLET married 2 May 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Louise TALON

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.