Marie-Josephte OUELLET

(b. 9 February 1745 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 11 June 1807 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte OUELLET was born 9 February 1745 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte OUELLET was the child of Joseph-Francois OUELLET and Marie-Françoise SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois OUELLET and Felicite PINEL dite LAFRANCE (maternal) François SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS and Marie-Anne THIBODEAU (THIBOUTOT)

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

Marie-Josephte married Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE 30 August 1763 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE was born 18 July 1738 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Joseph-Francois died 23 February 1822 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Joseph-Francois was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique BERUBE.

Marie-Josephte OUELLET died 11 June 1807 in La Pocatière, Lower 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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Marie-Josephte OUELLET married

Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE-- Date: 30 August 1763 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE was the child of François-Robert LEVESQUE and Marie-Angélique BERUBE

Children of Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE and Marie-Josephte OUELLET:

Josephte LEVESQUE (b.8 April 1766, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 December 1840, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BOUCHARD 26 November 1792 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1745 Birth
9 February 1745
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte OUELLET and Joseph-Francois LEVESQUE 30 August 1763, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 18 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Josephte LEVESQUE was born 8 April 1766, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Josephte was 21 years old.

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.