Jean-Baptiste RIVARD

Born

9 February 1729 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Died

2 July 1799 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAGLANDERIE Geneviève TOUTANT

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Born: 9 February 1729 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAGLANDERIE

Mother: Geneviève TOUTANT

Paternal grandparents: Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE , Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas TOUTANT , Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie TOUSIGNANT 14 February 1752 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . Marie TOUSIGNANT was born abt. 1730 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie was the child of Michel TOUSIGNANT and Marie-Catherine LEMAY.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD died 2 July 1799 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .
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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD married

Marie TOUSIGNANT
Marriage date: 14 February 1752
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Marie TOUSIGNANT was the child of Michel TOUSIGNANT and Marie-Catherine LEMAY

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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 — 1729
9 February 1729
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Marie TOUSIGNANT 14 February 1752, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 23 years old.

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.

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.