Pierre RUEL

(b. 27 May 1817 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1886 , Ste-Marguerite de Dorchester, Quebec, Canada )

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Pierre RUEL was born 27 May 1817 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Pierre RUEL was the child of François RUEL and Reine BEAUDOIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) (maternal) Jacques BEAUDOIN and Anne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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

Pierre married Ursule FERLAND 1 October 1839 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule FERLAND was born 13 August 1821 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Ursule died 2 October 1899 in Ste-Marguerite de Dorchester, Quebec, Canada. Ursule was the child of François FERLAND and Anastasie NADEAU.

Pierre RUEL died 20 August 1886 in Ste-Marguerite de Dorchester, Quebec, 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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Family and Children of Pierre RUEL

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Pierre RUEL married

Ursule FERLAND-- Date: 1 October 1839 Place: Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada
Ursule FERLAND was the child of François FERLAND and Anastasie NADEAU

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Children of Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND:

Marie Brigitte RUEL (b.18 September 1844, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles BELANGER 7 February 1865

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1817 Birth
27 May 1817
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND 1 October 1839, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie Brigitte RUEL was born 18 September 1844, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.