Louise RUEL

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19 October 1802 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Died

29 January 1876 , Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

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Born: 19 October 1802 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Louise married Joseph LABONTE 21 November 1825 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LABONTE was born 3 December 1804 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 13 June 1854 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Andre LABONTE dit CLEMENT and Angelique GOULET.

Louise RUEL died 29 January 1876 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, 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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Louise RUEL married

Joseph LABONTE
Marriage date: 21 November 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Joseph LABONTE was the child of Andre LABONTE dit CLEMENT and Angelique GOULET

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Children of Joseph LABONTE and Louise RUEL

Domithilde LABONTE

Born: July 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: 27 February 1922, Halifax-Sud, Mégantic, Québec, Canada

Married: Julien ROBERGE 23 November 1858

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Birth — 1802
19 October 1802
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Louise RUEL and Joseph LABONTE 21 November 1825, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Domithilde LABONTE was born July 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Louise was 36 years old.

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph LABONTE died 13 June 1854, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

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.