Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Born

14 August 1754 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Died

21 December 1839 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste RUEL Marie-Geneviève LACROIX

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Born: 14 August 1754 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Mother: Marie-Geneviève LACROIX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre RUEL , Marie-Anne COUTURE

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel LACROIX , Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 5 October 1781 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 9 February 1761 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada. Apolline died 26 February 1829 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada . Apolline was the child of Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and Marie-Catherine BLAIS.

Jean-Baptiste RUEL died 21 December 1839 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada .

m. Apolline Morissette
5 October 1781
St-Michel, St-Michel, Bellechasse, Quebec

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Jean-Baptiste RUEL married

Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE)
Marriage date: 5 October 1781
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was the child of Nicolas MORISSET (MORISSETTE) and Marie-Catherine BLAIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

François RUEL

Born: 30 August 1785, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Reine BEAUDOIN 19 October 1813 Place: Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1754
14 August 1754
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 5 October 1781, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.