Apolline RUEST (RUAIS)

(b. 7 March 1788 , Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 April 1868 , St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada )

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Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) was born 7 March 1788 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) was the child of Jean RUEST (RUAIS) and Rosalie GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine RUEST (RUAIS) and Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE (maternal) Jacques GAGNON and Madeleine PINEL dite LAFRANCE

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

Apolline married Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD 17 February 1806 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD was born 21 February 1784 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Joseph-Sebastien died 2 January 1864 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada. Joseph-Sebastien was the child of Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER and Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT.

Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) died 7 April 1868 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, 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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Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) married

Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD-- Date: 17 February 1806 Place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD was the child of Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER and Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT

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Children of Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD and Apolline RUEST (RUAIS):

Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD (b.6 September 1810, Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1863, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada)
m. Euphemie LEPAGE 3 February 1835 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1788 Birth
7 March 1788
Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) and Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD 17 February 1806, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

She was 17 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD was born 6 September 1810, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Apolline 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

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

1835 Marriage of Child
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD married 3 February 1835, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Euphemie LEPAGE

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

1863 Death of Child
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD died 20 May 1863, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada

Apolline was 75 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD died 2 January 1864, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada

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.