Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

(b. 3 April 1726 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1787 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 3 April 1726 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Marie-Françoise MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gregoire OUELLET and Anne-Josephe LIZOTTE (maternal) Robert MORIN and Françoise MIGNIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Charlotte LECLERC 3 May 1751 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte LECLERC was born 12 May 1712 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 10 May 1790 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Adrien LECLERC and Geneviève PARADIS.

Jean-Baptiste OUELLET died 9 May 1787 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of 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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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET married

Marie-Charlotte LECLERC-- Date: 3 May 1751 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte LECLERC was the child of Adrien LECLERC and Geneviève PARADIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Marie-Charlotte LECLERC:

Monique OUELLET (b.22 January 1755, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 September 1821, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Ambroise BEDARD 9 October 1775

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1726 Birth
3 April 1726
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET and Marie-Charlotte LECLERC 3 May 1751, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 25 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Monique OUELLET was born 22 January 1755, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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.

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.