Marie-Josephe OUELLET

(b. 20 November 1740 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1826 , Deschambault, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe OUELLET was born 20 November 1740 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe OUELLET was the child of Jacques OUELLET and Marie-Josephte ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gregoire OUELLET and Anne-Josephe LIZOTTE (maternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON

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Marie-Josephe married Joseph BOUCHARD 2 February 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOUCHARD was born 25 December 1738 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Joseph died 21 May 1810 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Joseph was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Madeleine FORTIN.

Marie-Josephe OUELLET died 6 September 1826 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .
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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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Marie-Josephe OUELLET married

Joseph BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada
Joseph BOUCHARD was the child of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Madeleine FORTIN

Children of Joseph BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe OUELLET:

Alexandre BOUCHARD (b.29 October 1775, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1840, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte PAQUIN 11 January 1803 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1740 Birth
20 November 1740
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe OUELLET and Joseph BOUCHARD 2 February 1761, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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.

1775 Birth of Child
Alexandre BOUCHARD was born 29 October 1775, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Josephe was 34 years old.

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.