Michel RITCHOT

Born

4 March 1747 , Yamaska, Canada, New France

Died

7 November 1793 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Francois RITCHOT Marie-Anne GIROUX

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Born: 4 March 1747 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Francois RITCHOT

Mother: Marie-Anne GIROUX

Paternal grandparents: Jacques NASON dit RITCHOT , Elisabeth DUBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES , Marie-Angelique MAHEU

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Michel married Marguerite CREVIER 30 January 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite CREVIER was born 5 September 1755 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France. Marguerite died 14 October 1815 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marguerite was the child of Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Charlotte DIEL.

Michel RITCHOT died 7 November 1793 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
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Marguerite CREVIER
Marriage date: 30 January 1775
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CREVIER was the child of Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Charlotte DIEL

Children of Michel RITCHOT and Marguerite CREVIER

Joseph-Michel RITCHOT

Born: 3 September 1780, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: abt. 1876, St Vital, Manitoba, Canada

Married: Josephe MAILLOUX 17 October 1825

Dorothee RITCHOT

Born: 24 June 1784, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 December 1855, Yamaska, Canada East

Married: Louis Joseph Napoleon CARTIER 12 January 1807 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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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 — 1747
4 March 1747
Yamaska, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Michel RITCHOT and Marguerite CREVIER 30 January 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 27 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.