Jean-Baptiste RIVET

(b. 18 August 1750 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1796 , St-Paul de Joliette, Quebec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVET was born 18 August 1750 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RIVET was the child of Alexis RIVET and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis RIVET and Marie-Anne MIGNERON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable TRUDEAU 3 February 1777 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable TRUDEAU was born 21 December 1759 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Amable died 13 September 1822 in St-Paul-de-Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Amable was the child of Louis-Nicolas TRUDEAU and Marie-Anne CHAGNON.

Jean-Baptiste RIVET died 23 October 1796 in St-Paul de Joliette, Quebec, 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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Jean-Baptiste RIVET married

Marie-Amable TRUDEAU-- Date: 3 February 1777 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable TRUDEAU was the child of Louis-Nicolas TRUDEAU and Marie-Anne CHAGNON

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Marie-Amable TRUDEAU:

Rose RIVET (b.2 July 1790, Joliette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 August 1833, Joliette, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine JETTE 18 January 1810 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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1750 Birth
18 August 1750
L'Assomption, 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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Marie-Amable TRUDEAU 3 February 1777 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Rose RIVET was born 2 July 1790, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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

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