André OUELLET

(b. 6 August 1802 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 10 March 1884 , St-Pacôme, Canada )

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André OUELLET was born 6 August 1802 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

André OUELLET was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Marie LÉVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André OUELLET and Marie-Louise GAGNON (maternal) Benoit LEVESQUE and Marie BRUN

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André married Apolline LEVESQUE 23 February 1824 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . Apolline LEVESQUE was born 23 April 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Apolline was the child of Dominique LEVESQUE and Angélique PELLETIER.

André OUELLET died 10 March 1884 in St-Pacôme, Canada.
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Did you know that René Ouellet is likely the ancestor of all the descendants bearing the names Ouellet and Ouellette in North America? The name Ouellet(te) ranks 11th among the most common surnames in Quebec! If you're last name is Ouellet, there's a really good chance that you are directly descended from René HOÛALLET (OUELLET) and one of his two wives (Anne Rivet and Marie-Therese Mignault).

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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André OUELLET married

Apolline LEVESQUE-- Date: 23 February 1824 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Apolline LEVESQUE was the child of Dominique LEVESQUE and Angélique PELLETIER

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1802 Birth
6 August 1802
Rivière-Ouelle, 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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
André OUELLET and Apolline LEVESQUE 23 February 1824, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 21 years old.

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)

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.