Pierre PELLETIER

(b. March 25, 1758 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1853 , Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )

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Pierre PELLETIER was born March 25, 1758 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Pierre PELLETIER was the child of Pierre-François PELLETIER and Madeleine LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PELLETIER and Barbe ST-PIERRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEBEL and Jeanne-Anne DUPERE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marie OUELLET 5 July 1790 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie OUELLET was born abt. 1771 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 18 May 1840 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie was the child of Joseph-Marie OUELLET and Genevieve-Madeleine LEVASSEUR.

Pierre PELLETIER died 15 December 1853 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Pierre PELLETIER married

Marie OUELLET-- Date: 5 July 1790 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie OUELLET was the child of Joseph-Marie OUELLET and Genevieve-Madeleine LEVASSEUR

Children of Pierre PELLETIER and Marie OUELLET:

Pierre PELLETIER (b.18 February 1794, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1884, St-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Anastasie LAVOIE 21 February 1814 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)
m. Anastasie BOSSE 4 February 1822 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Marie PELLETIER (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 December 1874, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre CHORET (CHAREST) 20 October 1823 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie Domithilde PELLETIER (b.abt. 1806, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 November 1857, Frenchville, Maine, USA )
m. Francois-Benoni SOUCY 4 October 1831 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

David PELLETIER (b.19 December 1811, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 5 December 1892, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Hendine-Adelaide TARDIF 10 February 1834 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1758 Birth
March 25, 1758
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

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.

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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PELLETIER and Marie OUELLET 5 July 1790, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 32 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
Pierre PELLETIER was born 18 February 1794, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Pierre was 35 years old.

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

1811 Birth of Child
David PELLETIER was born 19 December 1811, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Pierre was 53 years old.

1814 Marriage of Child
Pierre PELLETIER married 21 February 1814, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Anastasie LAVOIE

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 of Child
Pierre PELLETIER married 4 February 1822, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Anastasie BOSSE

1823 Marriage of Child
Marie PELLETIER married 20 October 1823, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Pierre CHORET (CHAREST)

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie Domithilde PELLETIER married 4 October 1831, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Francois-Benoni SOUCY

1834 Marriage of Child
David PELLETIER married 10 February 1834, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Marie-Hendine-Adelaide TARDIF

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

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States