Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Born

11 November 1822 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

8 July 1881 , St. Theodore, Chertsey, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Louis married Elmire MADRAN 24 November 1846 in St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elmire MADRAN was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada. Elmire died abt. 1858 in Québec Province, Canada. Elmire was the child of Louis MADRAN dit LAVENTURE and Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES .

Parents & Family of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Parents of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Father

Louis RIOPEL

Mother

Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE

Grandparents of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph RIOPEL Esther AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Maternal grandparents

Jean-René-Ernest LIPPE Marie-Josephe CHAPUT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

Joseph-Louis RIOPEL married

Elmire MADRAN
Marriage date: 24 November 1846
Marriage place: St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada
Elmire MADRAN was the child of Louis MADRAN dit LAVENTURE and Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL and Elmire MADRAN

Louis RIOPEL

Born: 19 December 1848, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Emelie RIOPEL

Born: abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Placide TREMBLAY 15 August 1871

Rose-Delima RIOPEL

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Alfred RIOPEL

Born: 11 February 1855, St Liguori, Quebec, Canada
Died: 7 January 1895, St Theodore de Chertsy, Quebec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1822
11 November 1822
L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis RIOPEL and Elmire MADRAN 24 November 1846, St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Louis RIOPEL was born 19 December 1848, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Louis was 26 years old.

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.

1855 Birth of Child
Alfred RIOPEL was born 11 February 1855, St Liguori, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Louis was 32 years old.

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

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.