Joseph-Henri OUELLET

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29 July 1802 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

26 March 1889 , Saint-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada

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Born: 29 July 1802 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Henri married Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD 29 October 1822 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD was born 5 September 1800 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Celeste died 11 February 1873 in Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Joseph-Henri OUELLET died 26 March 1889 in Saint-Modeste, Rivière-du-Loup, 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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Joseph-Henri OUELLET married

Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 29 October 1822
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Children of Joseph-Henri OUELLET and Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD

Pierre OUELLET

Born: 29 June 1838, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 12 July 1911, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS 9 January 1858 Place: Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois)

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Birth — 1802
29 July 1802
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Henri OUELLET and Marie-Celeste CHOUINARD 29 October 1822, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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

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
Pierre OUELLET was born 29 June 1838, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Henri was 35 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 Marriage of Child
Pierre OUELLET married 9 January 1858, Saint-Timothée, Québec, Canada (Beauharnois) to Louise-Virginie BROSSOIS

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.