Joseph RIVET

(b. 12 February 1727 , Canada d. 20 July 1804 , Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RIVET was born 12 February 1727 in Canada

Joseph RIVET was the child of Michel RIVET and Marie-Helene FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice RIVET and Marie-Moise CUSSON (maternal) Urbain-Pierre FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Jeanne ROSSIGNOL

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Joseph married Marie Madeleine MARTIN 31 January 1763 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Madeleine MARTIN was born abt. 1740 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Madeleine died 27 January 1816 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie Madeleine was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie Anne GRANGER.

Joseph RIVET died 20 July 1804 in Saint-Sulpice, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph RIVET married

Marie Madeleine MARTIN-- Date: 31 January 1763 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Madeleine MARTIN was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Marie Anne GRANGER

Children of Joseph RIVET and Marie Madeleine MARTIN:

Marie-Josephte RIVET (b.9 February 1768, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 November 1837, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph ROBILLARD 30 January 1785 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
12 February 1727
Canada

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIVET and Marie Madeleine MARTIN 31 January 1763, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 35 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte RIVET was born 9 February 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph was 41 years old.

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.