Michel OUELLET

(b. 8 January 1741 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1808 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Michel OUELLET was born 8 January 1741 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Michel OUELLET was the child of Alexis OUELLET and Catherine MOREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin-René OUELLET and Angélique LEBEL (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Marie-Anne RODRIGUE

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

Michel married Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET 22 November 1762 in Kamouraska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET was born 30 December 1736 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marguerite died 7 March 1825 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite was the child of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Geneviève LEVASSEUR.

Michel OUELLET died 18 March 1808 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

Michel OUELLET was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Michel OUELLET married

Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET-- Date: 22 November 1762 Place: Kamouraska, Canada
Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET was the child of Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Geneviève LEVASSEUR

Children of Michel OUELLET and Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET:

Michel OUELLET (b.6 September 1763, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 June 1835, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Marie LAMBERT 13 February 1792 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1741 Birth
8 January 1741
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Michel OUELLET and Marguerite DUMONT dite GUERET 22 November 1762, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 21 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Michel OUELLET was born 6 September 1763, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Michel was 22 years old.

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.