Joseph RIOUX

Born

19 March 1774 , L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 February 1835 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

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Etienne RIOUX Marie-Rosalie CÔTÉ

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Born: 19 March 1774 in L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne RIOUX

Mother: Marie-Rosalie CÔTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Etienne RIOUX , Veronique LEPAGE

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel CÔTÉ , Marie-Madeleine LEBEL

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Joseph married Pelagie ASSELIN 7 January 1795 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pelagie ASSELIN was born abt. 1769 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pelagie died 10 July 1852 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Pelagie was the child of Louis ASSELIN and Françoise GUYON (DION).

Joseph RIOUX died 26 February 1835 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Joseph RIOUX married

Pelagie ASSELIN
Marriage date: 7 January 1795
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Pelagie ASSELIN was the child of Louis ASSELIN and Françoise GUYON (DION)

Children of Joseph RIOUX and Pelagie ASSELIN

Eloi RIOUX

Born: 21 December 1798, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Priscille RIOUX 26 July 1847 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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Birth — 1774
19 March 1774
L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIOUX and Pelagie ASSELIN 7 January 1795, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

He was 20 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Eloi RIOUX was born 21 December 1798, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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