Biography
'Catherine Saint-Pere was born on August 26, 1634 and died on June 27, 1709 at Batiscan. She followed through with her contract and married Mathurin Guillet in 1648 at Trois-Rivieres. However, he died soon after and Catherine would then marry Nicolas Rivard on November 04, 1652. '
'Nicolas was born on June 16, 1617 in Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, France the son of Pierre Rivard and Jeanne Mullard. He and Catherine would have ten children before his death on July 01, 1701. '
'Nicolas Rivard II - Was born on February 01, 1654 at Trois-Rivieres and died on December 02, 1719 at Batiscan. He married Elisabeth-Blanchet Trottier and the couple had ten children.'
'Marie-Jeanne Rivard - Was born on August 24, 1656 at Trois-Rivieres and died on November 25, 1698 in La Visitation, Yamaska, Champlain, Quebec. She married Charles Duteau and the couple had eleven children.'
'Julien Rivard - Was born on December 09, 1657 in Trois-Rivieres and died on December 09, 1708 in Batiscan. He
Birth — 163426 August 1634
St-Jean-d'Angély, Charente-Maritime, France
1652 Death of Spouse/PartnerMathurin GUILLET died 18 August 1652, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
1653 Marriage / PartnerCatherine-Isabelle ST-PERE and Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 21 June 1653, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
She was 18 years old.
1654 Birth of ChildNicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 1 February 1654, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Catherine-Isabelle was 19 years old.
1656 Birth of ChildMarie-Jeanne RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 24 August 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Catherine-Isabelle was 22 years old.
1657 Birth of ChildJulien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born 9 December 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Catherine-Isabelle was 23 years old.
1659 Birth of ChildFrançois RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE was born 27 September 1659 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Catherine-Isabelle was 25 years old.
1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Nicolas Rivard d. laVigne - 42 habitant
Catherine saint pere - 30 sa femme
Nicolas Rivard - 12 fils
Jeanne Rivard - 9 fille
Jullien Rivard - 7 fils
françois Rivard - 5 fils
Pierre Rivard - 4 fils
Marie Magdelaine Rivard - 3 fille
Michel Rivard - 3 mois fils
Et Jacques - 25 domestique
1669 Marriage of ChildMarie-Jeanne RIVARD dite LAVIGNE married 22 April 1669, , Québec Province, Canada to Jacques-Charles DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE
1677 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine RIVARD married 10 January 1677 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France to Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN
1678 Marriage of ChildNicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married 20 November 1678, , Québec Province, Canada to Elisabeth TROTTIER
1681 Canadian Census Batiscan
'In the census of 1681, Nicolas was 60 years old, and he lived with his wife and ten children at Batiscan. There he worked at the duties of Captain of Militia until 1697, that is to say until the age of 81 years old.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 220
1682 Marriage of ChildJulien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 3 February 1682, Champlain, Canada, New France to Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE
1685 Marriage of ChildPierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE married 9 January 1685, Batiscan, Canada, New France to Marie-Catherine TROTTIER
1687 Death of ChildMichel RIVARD died 17 August 1687, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
Catherine-Isabelle was 53 years old.
1697 Marriage of ChildFrançois RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE married 18 February 1697 , Batiscan, Canada, New France to Madeleine LEPELLE
1697 Marriage of ChildMarie-Catherine RIVARD married 18 February 1697, Batiscan, Canada, New France to Alexis MARCHAND
1698 Death of ChildMarie-Jeanne RIVARD dite LAVIGNE died 25 November 1698, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)
Catherine-Isabelle was 64 years old.
1701 Death of Spouse/PartnerNicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 1 July 1701, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
1703 Death of ChildMarie-Catherine RIVARD died 15 February 1703, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
Catherine-Isabelle was 68 years old.
1703 Marriage of ChildJean RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE married 5 September 1703, Batiscan, Canada, New France to Geneviève TROTTIER
1704 Marriage of ChildAntoine RIVARD married 17 August 1704, Mobile, Alabama Territory to Marie BRIARD
1708 Death of ChildJulien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE died 9 December 1708, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
Catherine-Isabelle was 74 years old.
'...He (Nicolas Rivard) had achieved his work in this world and, on 1 July 1701, he was carried to his final resting place in the small parish cemetery. On his death certificate the Curate wrote that Nicolas had shown all the sings of a singular piety. His wife Catherine survived him for almost eight years, then she too, died and was buried at Batiscan, on 28 June 1709.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 220
Death — 170927 June 1709
Batiscan, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 74.
Catherine-Isabelle
ST-PERE
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