Andre OUELLET

(b. 28 October 1771 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 May 1841 , La Pocatière, Canada East )

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Andre OUELLET was born 28 October 1771 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Andre OUELLET was the child of Sebastien OUELLET and Marie-Catherine PLOURDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois OUELLET and Felicite PINEL dite LAFRANCE (maternal) Pierre PLOURDE and Marie-Ursule LÉVESQUE

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Andre married Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 4 June 1794 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 1 January 1779 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Theotiste was the child of Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Scholastique CARON.

Andre OUELLET died 11 May 1841 in La Pocatière, Canada East .
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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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Andre OUELLET married

Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 4 June 1794 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Scholastique CARON

Children of Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Hector OUELLET (b.13 November 1803, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 10 September 1882, Jonquière, Québec, Canada)
m. Emilie MCNICOLL 27 January 1829 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)
m. Sophie PELLETIER 6 July 1847 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Juste OUELLET (b.21 March 1808, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1899, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Therese COTE 2 May 1837 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Remi OUELLET (b.14 April 1818, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 21 March 1902, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )
m. Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE 23 June 1840 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1771 Birth
28 October 1771
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 4 June 1794, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Hector OUELLET was born 13 November 1803, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Andre was 32 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Juste OUELLET was born 21 March 1808, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Andre was 36 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Remi OUELLET was born 14 April 1818, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Andre was 46 years old.

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Hector OUELLET married 27 January 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Emilie MCNICOLL

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 Marriage of Child
Juste OUELLET married 2 May 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Therese COTE

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Remi OUELLET married 23 June 1840, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Anastasie PINEL dite LAFRANCE