Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT

Born

24 June 1771 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 July 1821 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

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Born: 24 June 1771 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT

Father

Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT

Mother

Anne-Helene HEBERT

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-Louis RITCHOT Marie-Claire LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents

Alexandre HEBERT Marie-Josephe AMIRAULT

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite DESROCHES 21 January 1792 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DESROCHES was born 15 April 1772 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Joseph DESROCHES and Catherine BACHAND dite VERTEFEUILLE.

Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT died 5 July 1821 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT

Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT married

Marguerite DESROCHES
Marriage date: 21 January 1792
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Marguerite DESROCHES was the child of Joseph DESROCHES and Catherine BACHAND dite VERTEFEUILLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT and Marguerite DESROCHES

Sophie RITCHOT

Born: 20 July 1799, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel FRAPPIER 1 August 1825 Place: Montebello, Lower 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 — 1771
24 June 1771
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RITCHOT and Marguerite DESROCHES 21 January 1792, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Birth of Child
Sophie RITCHOT was born 20 July 1799, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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