Louis RIOPEL

Born

16 May 1794 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

4 December 1869 , Québec Province, Canada

Louis married Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE 5 February 1822 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE was born 11 April 1802 in Lavaltrie, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte-Emilie died 10 March 1832 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte-Emilie was the child of Jean-René-Ernest LIPPE and Marie-Josephe CHAPUT .

Parents & Family of Louis RIOPEL

Parents of Louis RIOPEL

Father

Joseph RIOPEL

Mother

Esther AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Grandparents of Louis RIOPEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph RIOPEL Marie JULIEN

Maternal grandparents

Louis AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) Marie-Louise RICHARD

Married 23 October 1832, St-Jacques-de-Montcalm, Quebec, to Esther Rhéaume

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis RIOPEL

Louis RIOPEL married

Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE
Marriage date: 5 February 1822
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE was the child of Jean-René-Ernest LIPPE and Marie-Josephe CHAPUT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis RIOPEL and Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE

Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Born: 11 November 1822, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 8 July 1881, St. Theodore, Chertsey, Quebec, Canada

Married: Elmire MADRAN 24 November 1846

Joseph-Adolphe RIOPELLE

Born: 31 December 1824, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: 1 December 1828, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Joseph-Salomon RIOPEL

Born: 17 April 1827, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: 23 April 1827, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Vitaline RIOPELLE

Born: 27 May 1828, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: 26 February 1907, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Octave RIOPEL

Born: 2 November 1830, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
Died: 1 November 1909, St-Théodore-de-Chertsey, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jane KINSHELLA 28 August 1855

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1794
16 May 1794
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Louis RIOPEL and Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE 5 February 1822, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 27 years old.

1822 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1822 Birth of Child
Joseph-Louis RIOPEL was born 11 November 1822, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Louis was 28 years old.

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

1824 Birth of Child
Joseph-Adolphe RIOPELLE was born 31 December 1824, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Louis was 30 years old.

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Joseph-Salomon RIOPEL was born 17 April 1827, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Louis was 32 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Vitaline RIOPELLE was born 27 May 1828, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Louis was 34 years old.

1828 Death of Child
Joseph-Adolphe RIOPELLE died 1 December 1828, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Louis was 34 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Octave RIOPEL was born 2 November 1830, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Louis was 36 years old.

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE died 10 March 1832, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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

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)

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.