Joseph OUELLET

(b. 25 September 1716 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1794 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Joseph OUELLET was born 25 September 1716 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph OUELLET was the child of Joseph-Abraham OUELLET and Reine MENEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) René HOÛALLET (OUELLET) and Anne RIVET (maternal) Jacques MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marguerite PEUVRIER

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Joseph married Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE 8 October 1742 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE was born 2 May 1725 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Josephte died 26 December 1821 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas LIZOTTE and Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE.

Joseph OUELLET died 24 May 1794 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Family and Children of Joseph OUELLET

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Joseph OUELLET married

Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE-- Date: 8 October 1742 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE was the child of Nicolas LIZOTTE and Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE

Children of Joseph OUELLET and Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE:

Joseph-Roch OUELLET (b.19 August 1743, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1823, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte PELLETIER 18 February 1765 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Madeleine OUELLET (b.2 July 1746, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 13 April 1816, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre MORNEAU 20 January 1772 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Angelique OUELLET (b.13 June 1762, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada d. , )
m. Francois PELLETIER 19 January 1784 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1716 Birth
25 September 1716
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Joseph OUELLET and Marie-Josephte LIZOTTE 8 October 1742, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 26 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Joseph-Roch OUELLET was born 19 August 1743, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Madeleine OUELLET was born 2 July 1746, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique OUELLET was born 13 June 1762, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 45 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Roch OUELLET married 18 February 1765, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Josephte PELLETIER

1772 Marriage of Child
Madeleine OUELLET married 20 January 1772, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Pierre MORNEAU

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.