Juste OUELLET

(b. 21 March 1808 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1899 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Juste OUELLET was born 21 March 1808 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Juste OUELLET was the child of Andre OUELLET and Theotiste MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien OUELLET and Marie-Catherine PLOURDE (maternal) Joseph-Francois MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Scholastique CARON

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

Juste married Therese COTE 2 May 1837 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese COTE was born 22 May 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Therese died 21 July 1857 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Therese was the child of Thomas COTE and Angele GAGNON.

Juste OUELLET died 31 January 1899 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, 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.

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Juste OUELLET married

Therese COTE-- Date: 2 May 1837 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Therese COTE was the child of Thomas COTE and Angele GAGNON

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Children of Juste OUELLET and Therese COTE:

Marie OUELLET (b.10 October 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 31 December 1925, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Yves TREMBLAY 9 April 1861 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1808 Birth
21 March 1808
La Pocatière, 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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Juste OUELLET and Therese COTE 2 May 1837, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie OUELLET was born 10 October 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Juste was 30 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Therese COTE died 21 July 1857, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Marriage of Child
Marie OUELLET married 9 April 1861, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Yves TREMBLAY

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.