Joseph-Michel RITCHOT

Born

3 September 1780 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

abt. 1876 , St Vital, Manitoba, Canada

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Michel RITCHOT Marguerite CREVIER

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Born: 3 September 1780 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel RITCHOT

Mother: Marguerite CREVIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Francois RITCHOT , Marie-Anne GIROUX

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS , Charlotte DIEL

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Joseph-Michel married Josephe MAILLOUX 17 October 1825 in Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephe MAILLOUX was born abt. 1795 in Rupert’s Land, Canada. Josephe died 21 February 1867 in Haywood, Grey, Manitoba, Canada.

Joseph-Michel RITCHOT died abt. 1876 in St Vital, Manitoba, Canada.
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Josephe MAILLOUX
Marriage date: 17 October 1825
Marriage place: Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

Children of Joseph-Michel RITCHOT and Josephe MAILLOUX

Basile RITCHOT

Born: 15 June 1838, St Vital, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada
Died: 19 November 1886, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Catherine LARANCE 10 May 1864 Place: Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Birth — 1780
3 September 1780
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Michel RITCHOT and Josephe MAILLOUX 17 October 1825, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

He was 45 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Basile RITCHOT was born 15 June 1838, St Vital, Red River Settlement, Manitoba, Canada

Joseph-Michel was 57 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Basile RITCHOT married 10 May 1864, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Catherine LARANCE

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.