Hubert RUEST

(b. abt. 1784 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 May 1870 , St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Quebec, Canada )

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Hubert RUEST was born abt. 1784 in Québec Province, Canada

Hubert RUEST was the child of Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) and Helene LAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE (maternal) Joseph LAVOIE and Charlotte GAGNON

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

Hubert married Rosalie COTE 5 September 1812 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie COTE was born 31 August 1789 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie died 18 November 1821 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie was the child of Antoine COTE and Reine LEPAGE.

Hubert RUEST died 15 May 1870 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, 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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Hubert RUEST married

Rosalie COTE-- Date: 5 September 1812 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Rosalie COTE was the child of Antoine COTE and Reine LEPAGE

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Children of Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE:

Octave RUEST (b.1819 07 17, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 1896 03 09, St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada)
m. Henriette LAVOIE 25 January 1842 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE 5 September 1812, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

1819 Birth of Child
Octave RUEST was born 1819 07 17, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie COTE died 18 November 1821, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Octave RUEST married 25 January 1842, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Henriette LAVOIE

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

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

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.