Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET

(b. 3 October 1768 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 June 1842 , La Pocatière, Canada East )

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Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET was born 3 October 1768 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Marie THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sébastien OUELLET and Marie-Anne ALBERT (maternal) Pierre THIBODEAU and Madeleine CORMIER

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Joseph-Nicolas married Modeste OUELLET 4 August 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Modeste OUELLET was born 5 April 1768 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Modeste died 19 May 1841 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Modeste was the child of Gabriel-Basile OUELLET and Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT.

Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET died 25 June 1842 in La Pocatière, Canada East .

m. Ouellet Modeste

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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-Nicolas OUELLET married

Modeste OUELLET-- Date: 4 August 1788 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Modeste OUELLET was the child of Gabriel-Basile OUELLET and Marie-Veronique MIGNAULT

Children of Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET and Modeste OUELLET:

Charlotte OUELLET (b.8 October 1794, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Alexandre OUELLET 25 January 1814 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1768 Birth
3 October 1768
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Nicolas OUELLET and Modeste OUELLET 4 August 1788, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 19 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Charlotte OUELLET was born 8 October 1794, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Nicolas was 26 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Charlotte OUELLET married 25 January 1814, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Alexandre OUELLET

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