Nicolas LARRIVÉE

Born

25 December 1808 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Died

31 May 1887 , Rimouski, Québec, Canada

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Cyrille LARRIVÉE Luce LEVASSEUR

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Born: 25 December 1808 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

Father: Cyrille LARRIVÉE

Mother: Luce LEVASSEUR

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE , Marie-Geneviève RIOUX

Maternal grandparents: Benjamin LEVASSEUR , Françoise CÔTÉ

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Nicolas married Rosalie RIOUX 23 November 1830 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie RIOUX was born 8 February 1805 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Rosalie died 24 April 1847 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Rosalie was the child of Joseph RIOUX and Thérèse RIOUX.

Nicolas LARRIVÉE died 31 May 1887 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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Nicolas LARRIVÉE married

Rosalie RIOUX
Marriage date: 23 November 1830
Marriage place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Rosalie RIOUX was the child of Joseph RIOUX and Thérèse RIOUX

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Joseph LARRIVÉE

Born: 25 February 1833, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Victoria ST-PIERRE 22 January 1861 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1808
25 December 1808
Trois-Pistoles, 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 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas LARRIVÉE and Rosalie RIOUX 23 November 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 21 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Birth of Child
Joseph LARRIVÉE was born 25 February 1833, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Nicolas was 24 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rosalie RIOUX died 24 April 1847, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Joseph LARRIVÉE married 22 January 1861, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Victoria ST-PIERRE

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.