Pierre RUEL

(b. 9 November 1715 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1785 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre RUEL was born 9 November 1715 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre RUEL was the child of Pierre RUEL and Marie-Anne COUTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clement RUEL and Marguerite LECLERC (maternal) Charles COUTURE dit LAFRESNAYE and Marie-Anne HUARD

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Pierre married Geneviève GOSSELIN 16 November 1744 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève GOSSELIN was born 8 November 1722 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 5 March 1802 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Ignace GOSSELIN and Marguerite GODBOUT.

Pierre RUEL died 28 February 1785 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada.
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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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Pierre RUEL married

Geneviève GOSSELIN-- Date: 16 November 1744 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Geneviève GOSSELIN was the child of Ignace GOSSELIN and Marguerite GODBOUT

Children of Pierre RUEL and Geneviève GOSSELIN:

Josephte RUEL (b.16 June 1749, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 July 1801, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine CHABOT 3 September 1770 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste RUEL (b.14 May 1753, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1823, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte DUBOIS 16 July 1798 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1715 Birth
9 November 1715
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RUEL and Geneviève GOSSELIN 16 November 1744 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Josephte RUEL was born 16 June 1749, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 33 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RUEL was born 14 May 1753, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 37 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Josephte RUEL married 3 September 1770 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Antoine CHABOT

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.