Jean-Baptiste RUEL

(b. 22 May 1721 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1774 , La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RUEL was born 22 May 1721 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste 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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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève LACROIX 26 October 1750 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX was born 13 February 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 1 February 1756 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER.

Jean-Baptiste RUEL died 3 December 1774 in La Durantaye, 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-Baptiste RUEL married

Marie-Geneviève LACROIX-- Date: 26 October 1750 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Marie-Geneviève LACROIX:

Jean-Baptiste RUEL (b.14 August 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 21 December 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 5 October 1781 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
22 May 1721
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Marie-Geneviève LACROIX 26 October 1750, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RUEL was born 14 August 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX died 1 February 1756, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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.