Joseph RIOUX

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17 September 1769 , Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 April 1855 , Trois-Pistoles, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste RIOUX Marie-Reine BOUCHER

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Born: 17 September 1769 in Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste RIOUX

Mother: Marie-Reine BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Vincent RIOUX , Catherine CÔTÉ

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOUCHER , Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE

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Joseph married Thérèse RIOUX 29 October 1799 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse RIOUX was born abt. 1779 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse died 24 October 1848 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIOUX and Madeleine CÔTÉ.

Joseph RIOUX died 16 April 1855 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada East .
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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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Thérèse RIOUX
Marriage date: 29 October 1799
Marriage place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Thérèse RIOUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIOUX and Madeleine CÔTÉ

Children of Joseph RIOUX and Thérèse RIOUX

Rosalie RIOUX

Born: 8 February 1805, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Died: 24 April 1847, Rimouski, Canada East

Married: Nicolas LARRIVÉE 23 November 1830 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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Birth — 1769
17 September 1769
Trois-Pistoles, 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)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIOUX and Thérèse RIOUX 29 October 1799, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 30 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Birth of Child
Rosalie RIOUX was born 8 February 1805, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

1830 Marriage of Child
Rosalie RIOUX married 23 November 1830, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Nicolas LARRIVÉE

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 Child
Rosalie RIOUX died 24 April 1847, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Joseph was 77 years old.

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thérèse RIOUX died 24 October 1848, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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.

Death — 1855
16 April 1855
Trois-Pistoles, Canada East
He died at the age of 85.

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