Genevieve OUELLET

(b. 10 July 1793 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1882 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )

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Genevieve OUELLET was born 10 July 1793 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Genevieve OUELLET was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Victoire DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre OUELLET and Marie-Charlotte DESCHAMPS (maternal) Germain DIONNE and Marie-Louise BERNIER

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

Genevieve married Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 18 July 1809 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 24 March 1781 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Jean-Baptiste died 9 October 1862 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph-François OUELLET and Marie-Louise ROULEAU.

Genevieve OUELLET died 30 October 1882 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada .
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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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Genevieve OUELLET married

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET-- Date: 18 July 1809 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was the child of Joseph-François OUELLET and Marie-Louise ROULEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Genevieve OUELLET:

Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET (b.15 March 1813, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 5 December 1887, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre PELLETIER 25 February 1840 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1793 Birth
10 July 1793
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve OUELLET and Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 18 July 1809, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 16 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET was born 15 March 1813, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Genevieve was 19 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.

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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Victoire Delima "Adeline" OUELLET married 25 February 1840, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Pierre PELLETIER

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET died 9 October 1862, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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.