Cecile OUELLET

(b. 28 February 1786 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 March 1870 , St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada )

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Cecile OUELLET was born 28 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Cecile OUELLET was the child of Antoine-Pierre OUELLET and Josephte SOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph OUELLET and Marie-Anne MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) Jean-François SOUCY and Marie-Brigitte ST-PIERRE

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

Cecile married Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND 21 August 1810 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was born 22 February 1776 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Louis died 21 August 1840 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Louis was the child of Louis-Charles-Germain LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Rose PAQUET.

Cecile OUELLET died 12 March 1870 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, 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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Cecile OUELLET married

Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND-- Date: 21 August 1810 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was the child of Louis-Charles-Germain LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Rose PAQUET

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Children of Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Cecile OUELLET:

Genevieve ST-AMAND (b.25 September 1820, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 December 1899, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis PELLERIN 20 August 1844 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1786 Birth
28 February 1786
Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Cecile OUELLET and Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND 21 August 1810, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 24 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

1820 Birth of Child
Genevieve ST-AMAND was born 25 September 1820, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Cecile was 34 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND died 21 August 1840, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Genevieve ST-AMAND married 20 August 1844, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Louis PELLERIN

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.