Jacques LARIVIERE

(b. 20 May 1739 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1821 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Jacques LARIVIERE was born 20 May 1739 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jacques LARIVIERE was the child of Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Charlotte LART dite LARAMÉE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Catherine MENARD (maternal) Bertrand-Pierre LART dit LARAMÉE and Marie-Thérèse COUTARD

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

Jacques married Marie-Anne LEROUX 30 January 1764 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEROUX was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 30 March 1801 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Anne was the child of Louis LEROUX and Marie-Anne PRIEUR.

Jacques LARIVIERE died 11 May 1821 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower 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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Jacques LARIVIERE married

Marie-Anne LEROUX-- Date: 30 January 1764 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne LEROUX was the child of Louis LEROUX and Marie-Anne PRIEUR

Children of Jacques LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne LEROUX:

Hippolyte LARIVIERE (b.5 May 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste HUSERAU 1 April 1788 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1739 Birth
20 May 1739
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne LEROUX 30 January 1764, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 24 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Hippolyte LARIVIERE was born 5 May 1769, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Jacques was 29 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.