Toussaint ST-LAURENT

(b. 1 November 1740 , Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 7 August 1824 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Toussaint ST-LAURENT was born 1 November 1740 in Rimouski, Canada, New France

Toussaint ST-LAURENT was the child of Joseph ST-LAURENT and Louise RIOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT and Constance GARINET (GUÉRINET) (maternal) Nicolas RIOUX and Louise ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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

Toussaint married Agnes RUEST (RUAIS) 5 July 1774 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agnes RUEST (RUAIS) was born 27 December 1749 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Agnes was the child of Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE.

Toussaint ST-LAURENT died 7 August 1824 in Rimouski, Lower 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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Toussaint ST-LAURENT married

Agnes RUEST (RUAIS)-- Date: 5 July 1774 Place: Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada
Agnes RUEST (RUAIS) was the child of Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Children of Toussaint ST-LAURENT and Agnes RUEST (RUAIS):

Isaie ST-LAURENT (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 May 1842, Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Gaspé-Ouest, Quebec, Canada)
m. Emerence PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE 6 November 1809 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1740 Birth
1 November 1740
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
Toussaint ST-LAURENT and Agnes RUEST (RUAIS) 5 July 1774, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 33 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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Isaie ST-LAURENT married 6 November 1809, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Emerence PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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