Sophie PELLETIER

(b. August 21, 1816 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 19 February 1898 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie PELLETIER was born August 21, 1816 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Sophie PELLETIER was the child of Germain PELLETIER and Scholastic SAUCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-François PELLETIER and Madeleine LEBEL (maternal) Joseph SAUCIER and Marie-Josephte OUELLET

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

Sophie married Hector OUELLET 6 July 1847 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Hector OUELLET was born 13 November 1803 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Hector died 10 September 1882 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Hector was the child of Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Sophie PELLETIER died 19 February 1898 in Jonquière, Québec, 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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Sophie PELLETIER married

Hector OUELLET-- Date: 6 July 1847 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East
Hector OUELLET was the child of Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Children of Hector OUELLET and Sophie PELLETIER:

Emilie OUELLET (b.20 June 1848, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Pamphile JEAN 22 August 1870

Joseph OUELLET (b.26 April 1852, La Malbaie, Canada East d. 27 January 1921, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada )
m. Malvina TREMBLAY 9 April 1877 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Adele OUELLET (b.10 July 1855, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Alfred GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE 12 January 1875 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marie OUELLET (b.22 September 1857, La Malbaie, Canada East d. , )
m. Alfred GAGNE 26 April 1880

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1816 Birth
August 21, 1816
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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

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

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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Sophie PELLETIER and Hector OUELLET 6 July 1847, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 30 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Emilie OUELLET was born 20 June 1848, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sophie was 31 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Joseph OUELLET was born 26 April 1852, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sophie was 35 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Adele OUELLET was born 10 July 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sophie was 38 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie OUELLET was born 22 September 1857, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Sophie was 41 years old.

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.