When Henri M Ouellet was born on 9 April 1882, in Lac Baker, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Magloire Ouellet, was 38 and his mother, Dosithée Marie Nadeau, was 34. He married Philomene Gagnon on 27 August 1907, in Eagle Lake, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 30 May 1962, in Eagle Lake, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Eagle Lake, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
French: probably a variant of Houellet, a derivative of Old French hoel ‘mattock’, applied as a nickname for a maker or a worker who used this implement. The surname Houellet is no longer found in France, and the surname Ouellet is virtually non-existing there. Compare Ouelette , Ouellette , Ouillette , Willet , and Willette .
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