François RIVARD

(b. 21 March 1744 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1819 , Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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François RIVARD was born 21 March 1744 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

François RIVARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAGLANDERIE and Geneviève TOUTANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE (maternal) Nicolas TOUTANT and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François married Marie-Ursule LEDROIT 23 October 1763 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Ursule LEDROIT was born 24 June 1742 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Ursule died 21 October 1834 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Marie-Ursule was the child of François LEDROIT and Marie-Charlotte BOUVIER.

François RIVARD died 14 April 1819 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, 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.

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François RIVARD married

Marie-Ursule LEDROIT-- Date: 23 October 1763 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Ursule LEDROIT was the child of François LEDROIT and Marie-Charlotte BOUVIER

Children of François RIVARD and Marie-Ursule LEDROIT:

Ursule RIVARD (b.6 October 1768, Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 June 1845, Yamachiche, Canada East )
m. André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) 27 September 1790 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1744 Birth
21 March 1744
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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
François RIVARD and Marie-Ursule LEDROIT 23 October 1763, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 19 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Ursule RIVARD was born 6 October 1768, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

François was 24 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Ursule RIVARD married 27 September 1790 , Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

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.