Joseph René Ruest b. 23 Jan 1925 St Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada d. 8 Mar 1994 Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA: Our Family History

Joseph René Ruest

1925 - 1994 (69 years)

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Name	Joseph René Ruest [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	23 Jan 1925	St Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Arrival	5 Sep 1946	Madawaska, Maine, USA [3]
Residence	Lewiston, Maine, USA [1]
Death	8 Mar 1994	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [2, 4]
Burial	Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA [4]
Person ID	I292186247852	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Joseph Alaire Larrie Noel Ruest, b. 25 déc 1891, St-Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 Feb 1969, Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA (Age 78 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Marie Bernier, b. 2 août 1892, St-Jean-de-Dieu, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada d. 27 Apr 1951, Maine, USA (Age 59 years)
Marriage	6 Jun 1909	St-Anne, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Family ID	F6497	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jacqueline Jacques, b. 16 May 1934, Van Buren, Aroostook, Maine, USA d. June 2022, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, USA (Age 88 years)

Children

Family ID F6526 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

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[S974954452] The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Manifests of Alien and Citizen Arrivals at Fort Kent, Limestone, Madawaska, and Van Buren, Maine; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1.
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[S1069354742] Sun-Journal; Publication Date: 3 Jun 2022; Publication Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/846288953/?article=1c3025c9-fb6d-4b4d-9dc7-00d09d508891&focus=0.024492905,0.19628675,0.34079,0.42425564&xid=3355.

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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.