Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

(b. 5 October 1727 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 14 October 1792 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 5 October 1727 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was the child of Francois OUELLET and Felicite PINEL dite LAFRANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gregoire OUELLET and Anne-Josephe LIZOTTE (maternal) François-Xavier PINEL and Louise CONSTANTINEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine DUPERE 7 January 1751 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine DUPERE was born 30 April 1733 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine died 26 March 1770 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Catherine was the child of Charles DUPERE and Marie-Josephte-Anne RIVIERE.

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET died 14 October 1792 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .

m. Doucet Marie
m. Dupere Catherine
m. Gagnon Marie-Angelique

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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
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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET married

Marie-Catherine DUPERE-- Date: 7 January 1751 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine DUPERE was the child of Charles DUPERE and Marie-Josephte-Anne RIVIERE

Children of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Marie-Catherine DUPERE:

Marie-Catherine OUELLET (b.16 December 1752, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1829, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON 13 January 1772 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Geneviève OUELLET (b.8 July 1754, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1838, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GUY 23 October 1780 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 May 1817, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Theotiste FOURNIER 20 October 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1727 Birth
5 October 1727
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Marie-Catherine DUPERE 7 January 1751 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine OUELLET was born 16 December 1752, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève OUELLET was born 8 July 1754, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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.

1770 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Catherine DUPERE died 26 March 1770, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine OUELLET married 13 January 1772, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Alexis-Barthelemy GAGNON

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
Marie-Geneviève OUELLET married 23 October 1780, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean-Baptiste GUY

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET married 20 October 1783, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Theotiste FOURNIER

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

1792 Death
14 October 1792
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 65.

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