Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Born

22 May 1721 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

3 December 1774 , La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste RUEL

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Born: 22 May 1721 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Father

Pierre RUEL

Mother

Marie-Anne COUTURE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Paternal grandparents

Clement RUEL Marguerite LECLERC

Maternal grandparents

Charles COUTURE dit LAFRESNAYE Marie-Anne HUARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève LACROIX 26 October 1750 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX was born 13 February 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France. Marie-Geneviève died 1 February 1756 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France. Marie-Geneviève was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER.

Jean-Baptiste RUEL died 3 December 1774 in La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Jean-Baptiste RUEL married

Marie-Geneviève LACROIX
Marriage date: 26 October 1750
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX was the child of Gabriel LACROIX and Marie-Anne-Agnes CLOUTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Marie-Geneviève LACROIX

Jean-Baptiste RUEL

Born: 14 August 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Died: 21 December 1839, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Apolline MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 5 October 1781 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1721
22 May 1721
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RUEL and Marie-Geneviève LACROIX 26 October 1750, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RUEL was born 14 August 1754, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1756 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Geneviève LACROIX died 1 February 1756, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.