Augustin OUELLET

(b. abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 October 1787 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Augustin OUELLET was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Augustin OUELLET was the child of Augustin OUELLET and Marie-Anne AUTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin-René OUELLET and Angélique LEBEL (maternal) François AUTIN and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Augustin married Geneviève GAUVIN 25 April 1751 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GAUVIN was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 24 September 1791 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Jacques GAUVIN and Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Augustin OUELLET died 15 October 1787 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Gauvin Genevieve

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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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Augustin OUELLET married

Geneviève GAUVIN-- Date: 25 April 1751 Place: La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Geneviève GAUVIN was the child of Jacques GAUVIN and Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Children of Augustin OUELLET and Geneviève GAUVIN:

Marie-Geneviève OUELLET (b.4 April 1758, Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1820, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Louis TRUDEL 29 September 1788 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1751 Marriage / Partner
Augustin OUELLET and Geneviève GAUVIN 25 April 1751, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève OUELLET was born 4 April 1758, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.