Jean RUEL

(b. 19 March 1693 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1768 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean RUEL was born 19 March 1693 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean RUEL was the child of Clement RUEL and Marguerite LECLERC and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LECLERC and Marie BLANQUET dite LA FOUGERE

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

Jean married Marie-Marthe FOURNIER 15 November 1719 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marthe FOURNIER was born 19 December 1699 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Marthe died 14 January 1794 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marthe was the child of Simon FOURNIER and Catherine ROUSSEAU.

Jean RUEL died 17 March 1768 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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Jean RUEL married

Marie-Marthe FOURNIER-- Date: 15 November 1719 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Marie-Marthe FOURNIER was the child of Simon FOURNIER and Catherine ROUSSEAU

Children of Jean RUEL and Marie-Marthe FOURNIER:

Genevieve RUEL (b.13 February 1726, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louis ROULEAU 22 November 1756 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1693 Birth
19 March 1693
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage / Partner
Jean RUEL and Marie-Marthe FOURNIER 15 November 1719, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 26 years old.

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

1726 Birth of Child
Genevieve RUEL was born 13 February 1726, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean was 32 years old.

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Genevieve RUEL married 22 November 1756, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Louis ROULEAU

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.