David HUS MILLETTE

Born

18 November 1841 , Sorel, Canada East

Died

6 February 1932 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David married Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN 24 February 1868 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN was born 21 January 1851 in Sorel, Canada East . Marie-Louise-Agnes died 24 March 1937 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise-Agnes was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER .

Parents & Family of David HUS MILLETTE

Parents of David HUS MILLETTE

Father

Maxime HUS MILET (MILLET)

Mother

Marie DUFAULT

Grandparents of David HUS MILLETTE

Paternal grandparents

Claude HUS MILET (MILLET) Marie DUMAS

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DUFAULT Elisabeth ST-MARTIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of David HUS MILLETTE

David HUS MILLETTE married

Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN
Marriage date: 24 February 1868
Marriage place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN was the child of Olivier-Félix PELOQUIN and Esther HUS dite COURNOYER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of David HUS MILLETTE and Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN

Anna-Marie-Louise MILLETTE

Born: 21 December 1868, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Charles-Spiridion MILLETTE

Born: abt. 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Cecilia (Cecile) MILLETTE

Born: 26 June 1872, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph MILLETTE

Born: abt. 1874, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Eugène MILLETTE

Born: abt. 1877, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Louise MILLETTE

Born: 22 April 1879, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Victorine MILLETTE

Born: 7 April 1882, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Jean Baptiste MILLETTE

Born: 4 May 1884, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: 6 March 1924, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie Delvina BLETTE 1906 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David MILLETTE

Born: abt. 1885, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Zachari-Joseph MILLETTE

Born: 5 November 1886, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Antonio MILLETTE

Born: 14 July 1887, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Regina MILLETTE

Born: 24 February 1891, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph CHAUVETTE (CHAUVET) 8 November 1910 Place: Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Eugenie MILLETTE

Born: October 1893, Sorel, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1841
18 November 1841
Sorel, Canada East

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 Marriage / Partner
David HUS MILLETTE and Marie-Louise-Agnes PELOQUIN 24 February 1868, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1868 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Anna-Marie-Louise MILLETTE was born 21 December 1868, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David was 27 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Cecilia (Cecile) MILLETTE was born 26 June 1872, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David was 30 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MILLETTE was born 22 April 1879, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David was 37 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Victorine MILLETTE was born 7 April 1882, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

David was 40 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste MILLETTE was born 4 May 1884, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

David was 42 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Birth of Child
Zachari-Joseph MILLETTE was born 5 November 1886, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

David was 44 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1887 Birth of Child
Antonio MILLETTE was born 14 July 1887, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

David was 45 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 Birth of Child
Regina MILLETTE was born 24 February 1891, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

David was 49 years old.

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Birth of Child
Eugenie MILLETTE was born October 1893, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

David was 51 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1910 Marriage of Child
Regina MILLETTE married 8 November 1910, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Joseph CHAUVETTE (CHAUVET)

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))