Joseph RUEST (RUAIS)

(b. 13 August 1738 , Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1809 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) was born 13 August 1738 in Rimouski, Canada, New France

Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) was the child of Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne MOREAU

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

Joseph married Helene LAVOIE 12 September 1774 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Helene LAVOIE was born 28 November 1755 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Helene died 9 August 1839 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Helene was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Charlotte GAGNON.

Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) died 28 January 1809 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .

m. Lavoie Helene

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Occupation

Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) was a Agriculteur.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) married

Helene LAVOIE-- Date: 12 September 1774 Place: Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
Helene LAVOIE was the child of Joseph LAVOIE and Charlotte GAGNON

Children of Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) and Helene LAVOIE:

Marie-Desiree RUEST (RUAIS) (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 December 1817, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques PARENT 19 January 1802 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Hubert RUEST (b.abt. 1784, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 May 1870, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Quebec, Canada)
m. Rosalie COTE 5 September 1812 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1738 Birth
13 August 1738
Rimouski, Canada, New France

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

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RUEST (RUAIS) and Helene LAVOIE 12 September 1774, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 36 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie-Desiree RUEST (RUAIS) married 19 January 1802, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Jacques PARENT