Pierre RUEL

Born

27 May 1817 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Died

20 August 1886 , Ste-Marguerite de Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Pierre RUEL

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Born: 27 May 1817 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Parents of Pierre RUEL

Father

François RUEL

Mother

Reine BEAUDOIN

Grandparents of Pierre RUEL

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste RUEL Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

Maternal grandparents

Jacques BEAUDOIN 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, Lower Canada . 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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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre RUEL

Pierre RUEL married

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

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND

Marie Brigitte RUEL

Born: 18 September 1844, Ste-Marguerite-de-Jolliet, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles BELANGER 7 February 1865

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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 — 1817
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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RUEL and Ursule FERLAND 1 October 1839, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

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.