Marie-Marguerite
RIVEST
(b.
4 October 1818
,
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
d.
27 February 1886
,
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada
)
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Marie-Marguerite RIVEST was born 4 October 1818 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Marie-Marguerite RIVEST was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Marguerite married Joseph GOUR 9 February 1836 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOUR was born 22 May 1815 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 30 July 1888 in Prescott, Ontario, Canada.
Marie-Marguerite RIVEST died 27 February 1886 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, 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.
Family and Children of Marie-Marguerite RIVEST
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Joseph GOUR-- Date: 9 February 1836 Place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph GOUR and Marie-Marguerite RIVEST:
Damase GOUR (b.4 September 1845, Saint-Lin, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada d. 19 November 1922, )
m. Rosalie ALLARD 18 January 1869
Joseph GOUR-- Date: 9 February 1836 Place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower CanadaSacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Joseph GOUR and Marie-Marguerite RIVEST:
Damase GOUR (b.4 September 1845, Saint-Lin, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada d. 19 November 1922, )m. Rosalie ALLARD 18 January 1869
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1818 Birth 4 October 1818
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1836 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Marguerite RIVEST and Joseph GOUR 9 February 1836, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada
She was 17 years old.
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1845 Birth of ChildDamase GOUR was born 4 September 1845, Saint-Lin, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite was 26 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.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.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 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)
1886 Death 27 February 1886
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 67.
Added: 11/10/2025 4:39:43 PM
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