Rosalie OUELLET

Born

23 February 1807 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1884 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Henri OUELLET Marie-Modeste CHOUINARD

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Born: 23 February 1807 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Henri OUELLET

Mother: Marie-Modeste CHOUINARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Henri OUELLET , Marie-Josephte LURET dite ROCHEFORT (HURET)

Maternal grandparents: Romain CHOUINARD , Marie-Modeste VAILLANCOURT

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Rosalie married Amable CHOUINARD 29 May 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable CHOUINARD was born 21 February 1804 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Amable died 7 January 1864 in Saint-Aubert, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. Amable was the child of Joseph CHOUINARD and Catherine MORIN.

Rosalie OUELLET died 23 May 1884 in L'Islet, 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.

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Spouse & Children of Rosalie OUELLET

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Rosalie OUELLET married

Amable CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 29 May 1827
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Amable CHOUINARD was the child of Joseph CHOUINARD and Catherine MORIN

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Children of Amable CHOUINARD and Rosalie OUELLET

Marie CHOUINARD

Born: 1 December 1838, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 29 November 1903, Saint-Aubert, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 11 October 1859

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Birth — 1807
23 February 1807
Saint-Henri, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Rosalie OUELLET and Amable CHOUINARD 29 May 1827, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marie CHOUINARD was born 1 December 1838, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Rosalie was 31 years old.

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)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amable CHOUINARD died 7 January 1864, Saint-Aubert, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada

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.