Jean-Baptiste RIVARD

(b. 22 July 1745 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1789 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was born 22 July 1745 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was the child of François RIVARD and Thérèse PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Françoise MARIEN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PAPILLEAU dit PÉRIGNY and Marie MORAND

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY 13 January 1772 in Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY was born abt. 1740 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite Rebecca died 3 July 1792 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marguerite Rebecca was the child of Joseph François LANDRY and Jeanne ROBICHAUD.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD died 19 September 1789 in Batiscan, Province of 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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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD married

Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY-- Date: 13 January 1772 Place: Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY was the child of Joseph François LANDRY and Jeanne ROBICHAUD

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY:

Pierre RIVARD (b.23 June 1785, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1866, Batiscan, Canada East )
m. Judith BARIL 12 August 1811 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Marie TRUDEL 14 January 1828 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1745 Birth
22 July 1745
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Marguerite Rebecca LANDRY 13 January 1772, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1785 Birth of Child
Pierre RIVARD was born 23 June 1785, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.