Felicite OUELLET

(b. 25 December 1808 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1892 , Les Méchins, Canada )

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Felicite OUELLET was born 25 December 1808 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Felicite OUELLET was the child of Raphael OUELLET and Genevieve BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph OUELLET and Marie THIBODEAU (maternal) Jean-François BOUCHARD and Genevieve PELLETIER

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

Felicite married Augustin ROSS 29 January 1828 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin ROSS was born 8 July 1810 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Augustin died 4 May 1890 in Les Méchins, Canada. Augustin was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Josephte BOUCHER.

Felicite OUELLET died 13 June 1892 in Les Méchins, 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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Family and Children of Felicite OUELLET

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Felicite OUELLET married

Augustin ROSS-- Date: 29 January 1828 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Augustin ROSS was the child of Guillaume ROSS and Josephte BOUCHER

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Children of Augustin ROSS and Felicite OUELLET:

Augustin ROSS (b.5 November 1833, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Apolline GOSSELIN 16 November 1857 in Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

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1808 Birth
25 December 1808
L'Isle-Verte, 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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Felicite OUELLET and Augustin ROSS 29 January 1828, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 19 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Augustin ROSS was born 5 November 1833, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Felicite was 24 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROSS married 16 November 1857, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada to Apolline GOSSELIN

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.