François-Zacharie OUELLET

(b. 29 November 1799 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1878 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )

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François-Zacharie OUELLET was born 29 November 1799 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

François-Zacharie OUELLET was the child of François-Zacharie OUELLET and Angelique DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois OUELLET and Marie-Anne AYOTTE (maternal) Alexandre DUBE and Marie-Madeleine LECLERC

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François-Zacharie married Josephte OUELLET 15 April 1823 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte OUELLET was born 31 May 1805 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Josephte died 8 November 1892 in Ste-Louise, L'Islet, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Louis-Amable OUELLET and Genevieve L'ÉTOILE-L'ITALIEN.

François-Zacharie OUELLET died 25 April 1878 in La Pocatière, Québec, 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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Family and Children of François-Zacharie OUELLET

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François-Zacharie OUELLET married

Josephte OUELLET-- Date: 15 April 1823 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Josephte OUELLET was the child of Louis-Amable OUELLET and Genevieve L'ÉTOILE-L'ITALIEN

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Children of François-Zacharie OUELLET and Josephte OUELLET:

Adele OUELLETTE (b.15 October 1839, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 13 August 1902, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Luc MORNEAU 5 July 1859

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1799 Birth
29 November 1799
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
François-Zacharie OUELLET and Josephte OUELLET 15 April 1823, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Adele OUELLETTE was born 15 October 1839, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François-Zacharie was 39 years old.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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.