Louis REHEL (RAIL)

Born

1 April 1792 , Percé, Lower Canada

Died

28 June 1877 , Percé, Québec, Canada

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Antoine REHEL Marie-Geneviève BOURGET

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Born: 1 April 1792 in Percé, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine REHEL

Mother: Marie-Geneviève BOURGET

Paternal grandparents: Julien REHEL , Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis BOURGET , Marie-Louise CHOUINARD

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Louis married Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON 4 October 1814 in St-Georges de la Malbaie, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON was born 22 December 1793 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach). Rose died 22 February 1873 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach). Rose was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHICOINE dit COTTON and Veronique QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME.

Louis REHEL (RAIL) died 28 June 1877 in Percé, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Louis REHEL (RAIL) married

Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON
Marriage date: 4 October 1814
Marriage place: St-Georges de la Malbaie, Québec, Canada
Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHICOINE dit COTTON and Veronique QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

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Children of Louis REHEL (RAIL) and Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON

Elisabeth REHEL (RAIL)

Born: 7 February 1821, Percé, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Noel THIBAULT 10 September 1839

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Birth — 1792
1 April 1792
Percé, Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Louis REHEL (RAIL) and Rose CHICOINE dite COTTON 4 October 1814, St-Georges de la Malbaie, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Elisabeth REHEL (RAIL) was born 7 February 1821, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

Louis was 28 years old.

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

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.