Ignace RUEL

(b. 27 September 1723 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1805 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Ignace RUEL was born 27 September 1723 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Ignace RUEL was the child of Ignace RUEL and Geneviève ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clement RUEL and Marguerite LECLERC (maternal) Jean ROY (LEROY) and Catherine NADEAU

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

Ignace married Elisabeth PAQUET 9 November 1750 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth PAQUET was born 9 November 1719 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 3 February 1785 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth was the child of Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve PAULET.

Ignace RUEL died 29 August 1805 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower 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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Ignace RUEL married

Elisabeth PAQUET-- Date: 9 November 1750 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Elisabeth PAQUET was the child of Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve PAULET

Children of Ignace RUEL and Elisabeth PAQUET:

Ignace RUEL (b.17 April 1761, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne BERNIER 13 November 1781 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste RUEL (b.6 March 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 February 1843, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. Marie-Barbe ASSELIN 17 January 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1723 Birth
27 September 1723
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Ignace RUEL and Elisabeth PAQUET 9 November 1750, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Ignace RUEL was born 17 April 1761, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Ignace 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RUEL was born 6 March 1763, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 39 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.