François-Thomas OUELLET

(b. 21 December 1721 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 27 October 1807 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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François-Thomas OUELLET was born 21 December 1721 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

François-Thomas OUELLET was the child of Sebastien OUELLET and Madeleine LIZOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René HOÛALLET (OUELLET) and Marie-Thérèse MIGNAULT (maternal) Guillaume LIZOTTE (LIZOT) and Anne PELLETIER

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François-Thomas married Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER 9 January 1747 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER was born 16 March 1724 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Madeleine died 12 September 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

François-Thomas OUELLET died 27 October 1807 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada.
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François-Thomas OUELLET married

Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER-- Date: 9 January 1747 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Children of François-Thomas OUELLET and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER:

Jean-François OUELLET (b.26 November 1747, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1829, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Judith LEBEL 22 November 1773 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET (b.10 April 1751, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1828, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Judith-Modeste GAGNON 24 January 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph-Jean-Marie OUELLET (b.29 August 1753, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1834, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Reine PELLETIER 11 October 1784 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Michel OUELLET (b.1 October 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1831, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Madeleine SIMARD 17 October 1780 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Genevieve-Marie OUELLET (b.10 January 1760, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste GAGNON 1782

Marie-Felicite OUELLET (b.20 January 1762, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre MORIN 13 November 1787 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Louis-Henry OUELLET (b.July 19, 1766, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada d. December 24, 1840, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Louise PELLETIER 13 October 1788 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
21 December 1721
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
François-Thomas OUELLET and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER 9 January 1747 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Jean-François OUELLET was born 26 November 1747, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 10 April 1751, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 29 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie OUELLET was born 29 August 1753, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 31 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Michel OUELLET was born 1 October 1755, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 33 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Marie OUELLET was born 10 January 1760, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 38 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite OUELLET was born 20 January 1762, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 40 years old.

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Louis-Henry OUELLET was born July 19, 1766, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Thomas was 44 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Jean-François OUELLET married 22 November 1773, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Judith LEBEL

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET married 24 January 1780, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Judith-Modeste GAGNON

1780 Marriage of Child
Michel OUELLET married 17 October 1780, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Madeleine SIMARD

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jean-Marie OUELLET married 11 October 1784, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Reine PELLETIER

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite OUELLET married 13 November 1787, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Pierre MORIN

1788 Marriage of Child
Louis-Henry OUELLET married 13 October 1788, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise PELLETIER

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)