Joseph-Henri OUELLET

Born

7 June 1752 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

28 June 1810 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Joseph OUELLET Marie-Madeleine FORTIN

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Born: 7 June 1752 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph OUELLET

Mother: Marie-Madeleine FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph OUELLET , Marie-Madeleine BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre FORTIN , Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Joseph-Henri married Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET) 21 April 1777 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET) was born abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephte died 14 September 1840 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN.

Joseph-Henri OUELLET died 28 June 1810 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada.
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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Joseph-Henri OUELLET married

Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET)
Marriage date: 21 April 1777
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET) was the child of Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN

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Joseph-Henri OUELLET

Born: 27 July 1779, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 February 1844, Saint-Denis, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Modeste CHOUINARD 12 January 1801 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1752
7 June 1752
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Henri OUELLET and Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET) 21 April 1777, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Joseph-Henri OUELLET was born 27 July 1779, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Henri was 27 years old.

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

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

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Henri OUELLET married 12 January 1801, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marie-Modeste CHOUINARD