Gertrude OUELLET

(b. 21 April 1807 , L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada d. 22 January 1881 , Matane, Québec, Canada )

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Gertrude OUELLET was born 21 April 1807 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada

Gertrude OUELLET was the child of Joseph OUELLET and Cecile MELANCON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice OUELLET and Angélique HAMOND (HAMMOND) (ÉMOND) (maternal) Joseph MELANCON and Marie COTE

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

Gertrude married Louis MARQUIS 31 August 1829 in Cacouna, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis MARQUIS was born 8 June 1796 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Louis died 18 September 1881 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Louis was the child of Alexandre MARQUIS and Marie-Geneviève ST LAURENT.

Gertrude OUELLET died 22 January 1881 in Matane, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Gertrude OUELLET

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Gertrude OUELLET married

Louis MARQUIS-- Date: 31 August 1829 Place: Cacouna, Lower Canada
Louis MARQUIS was the child of Alexandre MARQUIS and Marie-Geneviève ST LAURENT

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Children of Louis MARQUIS and Gertrude OUELLET:

Virginie MARQUIS (b.abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Ivanhoe TREMBLAY 5 June 1871

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1807 Birth
21 April 1807
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)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Gertrude OUELLET and Louis MARQUIS 31 August 1829, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

She was 22 years old.

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.