Joseph RIVET

Born

4 January 1752 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

18 August 1832 , St-Paul de Joliette, Lower Canada

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Alexis RIVET Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET

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Born: 4 January 1752 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Alexis RIVET

Mother: Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET

Paternal grandparents: Alexis RIVET , Marie-Anne MIGNERON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET , Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne TETREAULT dite DUCHARME 19 February 1776 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne TETREAULT dite DUCHARME was born 8 February 1752 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Anne died 7 May 1833 in St-Paul de Joliette, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Joachim TETREAULT dit DUCHARME and Marie-Barbe TRUDEAU.

Joseph RIVET died 18 August 1832 in St-Paul de Joliette, Lower Canada.
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Recorded occupation: forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France

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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Joseph RIVET married

Marie-Anne TETREAULT dite DUCHARME
Marriage date: 19 February 1776
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne TETREAULT dite DUCHARME was the child of Joachim TETREAULT dit DUCHARME and Marie-Barbe TRUDEAU

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Birth — 1752
4 January 1752
Verchères, 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIVET and Marie-Anne TETREAULT dite DUCHARME 19 February 1776 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 24 years old.

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)

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.

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)