Edouard
RIEL
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Born: 12 October 1803 in La Prairie, Lower Canada
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Edouard married Victoire TREMBLAY 25 October 1824 in Saint-Constant, Lower Canada . Victoire TREMBLAY was born 17 August 1804 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Victoire died 2 December 1889 in Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, Québec, Canada. Victoire was the child of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne RAINVILLE.
Edouard RIEL died 17 November 1857 in St-Michel, Napierville, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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Victoire TREMBLAYMarriage date: 25 October 1824
Marriage place: Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
Victoire TREMBLAY was the child of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne RAINVILLE
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Birth — 180312 October 1803
La Prairie, Lower Canada
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 Marriage / PartnerEdouard RIEL and Victoire TREMBLAY 25 October 1824, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada
He was 21 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
Death — 185717 November 1857
St-Michel, Napierville, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 54.
Record added: 1/8/2024 11:41:37 PM
Last updated: 1/8/2024 11:42:05 PM
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