Nicolas-Pierre RIVET

(b. 19 February 1719 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1811 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas-Pierre RIVET was born 19 February 1719 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Nicolas-Pierre RIVET was the child of Pierre RIVET and Marie-Catherine MORISSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice RIVET and Marie-Moise CUSSON (maternal) Vincent MORISSEAU and Marie Anne BAMONT

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

Nicolas-Pierre married Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 30 January 1741 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was born 26 March 1721 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Madeleine died 19 April 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre-Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Anne PROVOST.

Nicolas-Pierre RIVET died 17 March 1811 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .

m. Gauthier Marie-Madeleine

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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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Nicolas-Pierre RIVET married

Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE-- Date: 30 January 1741 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE was the child of Pierre-Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Anne PROVOST

Children of Nicolas-Pierre RIVET and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE:

Joseph RIVET (b.24 November 1741, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Therese DEMERS 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Madeleine RIVET (b.24 May 1745, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1793, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste DURAND 14 February 1763 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marguerite RIVET (b.21 October 1751, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1834, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

Marie-Anne RIVET (b.5 August 1759, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1830, Saint-Pie, Lower Canada)

Marie-Therese RIVET (b.6 July 1761, Saint-Sulpice, Canada d. , )

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1719 Birth
19 February 1719
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1741 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas-Pierre RIVET and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 30 January 1741 , Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 21 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Joseph RIVET was born 24 November 1741, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Pierre was 22 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Madeleine RIVET was born 24 May 1745, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Pierre was 26 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marguerite RIVET was born 21 October 1751, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Pierre was 32 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RIVET was born 5 August 1759, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Pierre was 40 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Therese RIVET was born 6 July 1761, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Nicolas-Pierre was 42 years old.

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 of Child
Madeleine RIVET married 14 February 1763, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DURAND

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)

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

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

1793 Death of Child
Madeleine RIVET died 23 February 1793, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Nicolas-Pierre was 74 years old.

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

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE died 19 April 1800, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1811 Death
17 March 1811
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 92.

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