Henriette LAVOIE

Born

19 April 1825 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

20 March 1882 , St-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph LAVOIE Anastasie BRISSON

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Born: 19 April 1825 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph LAVOIE

Mother: Anastasie BRISSON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-René LAVOIE , Anne BOUILLON

Maternal grandparents: Francois BRISSON , Geneviève GAGNON

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Henriette married Octave RUEST 25 January 1842 in Rimouski, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Octave RUEST was born 1819 07 17 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Octave died 1896 03 09 in St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada. Octave was the child of Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE.

Henriette LAVOIE died 20 March 1882 in St-Anaclet, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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Henriette LAVOIE married

Octave RUEST
Marriage date: 25 January 1842
Marriage place: Rimouski, Canada East
Octave RUEST was the child of Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE

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Children of Octave RUEST and Henriette LAVOIE

Napoleon RUEST

Born: 13 January 1849, Rimouski, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1905, Neigette-St-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada

Married: Julie-Eleonore FILION 11 September 1876

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Birth — 1825
19 April 1825
Rimouski, Lower Canada

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Henriette LAVOIE and Octave RUEST 25 January 1842, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 16 years old.

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Napoleon RUEST was born 13 January 1849, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Henriette was 23 years old.

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.