Hubert RUEST

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abt. 1784 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

15 May 1870 , St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph RUEST (RUAIS)Helene LAVOIE

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Born: abt. 1784 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph RUEST (RUAIS)

Mother: Helene LAVOIE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) , Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAVOIE , Charlotte GAGNON

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Hubert married Rosalie COTE 5 September 1812 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie COTE was born 31 August 1789 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie died 18 November 1821 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie was the child of Antoine COTE and Reine LEPAGE.

Hubert RUEST died 15 May 1870 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Quebec, 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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Rosalie COTE
Marriage date: 5 September 1812
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Rosalie COTE was the child of Antoine COTE and Reine LEPAGE

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Children of Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE

Octave RUEST

Born: 1819 07 17, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 1896 03 09, St-Anaclet de Lessard, Quebec, Canada

Married: Henriette LAVOIE 25 January 1842 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Hubert RUEST and Rosalie COTE 5 September 1812, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Octave RUEST was born 1819 07 17, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie COTE died 18 November 1821, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Octave RUEST married 25 January 1842, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Henriette LAVOIE

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.