Marguerite OUELLET

(b. 13 March 1775 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 July 1841 , Cacouna, Canada East )

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Marguerite OUELLET was born 13 March 1775 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite OUELLET was the child of Andre OUELLET and Josephte CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) André-Mathurin OUELLET and Marie-Marguerite LEVASSEUR (maternal) Gabriel CÔTÉ and Marie-Madeleine LEBEL

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Marguerite married Jean MELANCON 8 October 1798 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Jean MELANCON was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean was the child of Joseph MELANCON and Marie COTE.

Marguerite married (2) Pierre SIROIS 21 July 1800 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . Pierre SIROIS was born 6 May 1781 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Pierre died 19 February 1860 in St-Modeste, Rivière du Loup, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX.

Marguerite OUELLET died 3 July 1841 in Cacouna, Canada East .

m. Melancon Jean
m. Sirois Pierre

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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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Marguerite OUELLET married

Jean MELANCON-- Date: 8 October 1798 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Jean MELANCON was the child of Joseph MELANCON and Marie COTE

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Marguerite OUELLET married

Pierre SIROIS-- Date: 21 July 1800 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Pierre SIROIS was the child of Pierre SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Josephte CHALOUX

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1775 Birth
13 March 1775
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite OUELLET and Jean MELANCON 8 October 1798, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

She was 23 years old.

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite OUELLET and Pierre SIROIS 21 July 1800, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

She was 25 years old.

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