Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS)

Born

5 July 1822 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

27 August 1887 , Coopersville, Clinton, New York, USA

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Born: 5 July 1822 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Norbert (Albert) married Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP) 30 January 1844 in Napierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP) was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Mary (Marie Desanges) was the child of Joseph GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Marie-Desanges BOUDREAU.

Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS) died 27 August 1887 in Coopersville, Clinton, New York, USA .

son of Louis Rivet and Charlotte Brunet

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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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Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS) married

Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP)
Marriage date: 30 January 1844
Marriage place: Napierville, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP) was the child of Joseph GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Marie-Desanges BOUDREAU

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Children of Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS) and Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP)

Cyprien Mederic (Frederick) RIVET

Born: 27 October 1865, Champlain, New York, USA
Died: 22 June 1937, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Married: Elizabeth THOMPSON 22 June 1890 Place: Champlain, New York, USA

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Birth — 1822
5 July 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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS) and Mary (Marie Desanges) LANGFIELD (LONGCHAMP) 30 January 1844, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

He was 21 years old.

Norbert (Albert) RIVET (RIVAIS) - 1844 marriage

1844 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Cyprien Mederic (Frederick) RIVET was born 27 October 1865, Champlain, New York, USA

Norbert (Albert) was 43 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 - Champlain, New York
Name Naarre Ren
Age in 1870 48
Birth Year abt 1822
Birthplace Canada
Home in 1870 Champlain, Clinton, New York
Race White
Gender Male
Post Office Rouses Point
Household Members
Name Age
Naarre Ren 48
Mary Ren 47
Amelia Ren 12
Philomen Ren 8
Saphronia Ren 7
Frederick Ren 4
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)