Francois-Xavier RIVARD

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17 May 1811 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

15 May 1894 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Born: 17 May 1811 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Francois-Xavier married Sophie BOURRET 8 August 1831 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie BOURRET was born 9 August 1808 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Sophie died 25 April 1883 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska).

Francois-Xavier RIVARD died 15 May 1894 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Sophie BOURRET
Marriage date: 8 August 1831
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada

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Marie-Alida-Adeline RIVARD

Born: 14 August 1847, Yamaska, Canada East
Died: 15 February 1890, Saint-David, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph Hercule Alfred FLEURY 25 April 1870 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1811
17 May 1811
Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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)

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Francois-Xavier RIVARD and Sophie BOURRET 8 August 1831, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Marie-Alida-Adeline RIVARD was born 14 August 1847, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Francois-Xavier was 36 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage of Child
Marie-Alida-Adeline RIVARD married 25 April 1870, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph Hercule Alfred FLEURY

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sophie BOURRET died 25 April 1883, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1890 Death of Child
Marie-Alida-Adeline RIVARD died 15 February 1890, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Francois-Xavier was 78 years old.

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1894
15 May 1894
Yamaska, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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