Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE

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4 August 1793 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

Died

9 February 1856 , Montebello, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste RULLE dit DESABRETS Marie-Louise-Charlotte LANGEVIN

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Born: 4 August 1793 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste RULLE dit DESABRETS

Mother: Marie-Louise-Charlotte LANGEVIN

Paternal grandparents: François RULLE dit DESABRAIS , Archange CHABOT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX , Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Alexis married Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME 14 February 1814 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME was born 12 January 1792 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Anne died abt. 1888 in Gatineau, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Gatineau) (Touraine) (East Templeton) (West Templeton). Marie-Anne was the child of Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD.

Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE died 9 February 1856 in Montebello, Canada East .
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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME
Marriage date: 14 February 1814
Marriage place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada

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Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME was the child of Michel-Amable PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Françoise-Pelagie GIRARD

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Children of Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE and Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME

Valerie RULE dite DESABRAE (SABRAW)

Born: 3 December 1832, Montebello, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jeremie MORIN dit VALCOURT 2 November 1853 Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Birth — 1793
4 August 1793
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Alexis RULLE dit DESABRAE and Marie-Anne PRUD'HOMME 14 February 1814, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

He was 20 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

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

1832 Birth of Child
Valerie RULE dite DESABRAE (SABRAW) was born 3 December 1832, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Alexis was 39 years old.

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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Valerie RULE dite DESABRAE (SABRAW) married 2 November 1853, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Jeremie MORIN dit VALCOURT

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.