Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS

(b. 30 May 1758 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1801 , St-Paul, Joliette, Quebec, Canada )

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Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS was born 30 May 1758 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS was the child of Louis DESMARAIS and Agathe BEGNIER (BESNIER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) Joseph BEGNIER (BESNIER) and Madeleine BRAULT

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Louise-Agathe married Alexis RIVET 10 January 1785 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Alexis RIVET was born 20 November 1757 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Alexis died 30 June 1824 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Alexis was the child of Alexis RIVET and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET.

Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS died 27 June 1801 in St-Paul, 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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Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS married

Alexis RIVET-- Date: 10 January 1785 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis RIVET was the child of Alexis RIVET and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET

Children of Alexis RIVET and Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS:

Agathe RIVET (b.13 October 1785, Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 May 1869, St-Paul de Joliette, Québec, Canada)

Alexis RIVET (b.7 June 1788, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 August 1832, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

Marguerite RIVET (b.6 January 1791, Joliette, Lower Canada d. 25 April 1867, Joliette, Canada East )

Marie-Louise RIVET (b.12 June 1794, Joliette, Lower Canada d. , )

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1758 Birth
30 May 1758
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Louise-Agathe DESMARAIS and Alexis RIVET 10 January 1785, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1785 Birth of Child
Agathe RIVET was born 13 October 1785, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Louise-Agathe was 27 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Alexis RIVET was born 7 June 1788, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Louise-Agathe was 30 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marguerite RIVET was born 6 January 1791, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Louise-Agathe was 32 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise RIVET was born 12 June 1794, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Louise-Agathe was 36 years old.

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