Madeleine RIVET

(b. 24 May 1745 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1793 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine RIVET was born 24 May 1745 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Madeleine RIVET was the child of Nicolas-Pierre RIVET and Marie-Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RIVET and Marie-Catherine MORISSEAU (maternal) Pierre-Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE and Marie-Anne PROVOST

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

Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste DURAND 14 February 1763 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste DURAND was born 22 July 1735 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Jean-Baptiste died 29 October 1797 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis DURAND and Marie-Anne DEMERS.

Madeleine RIVET died 23 February 1793 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .

m. Durand Jean-Baptiste

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine RIVET married

Jean-Baptiste DURAND-- Date: 14 February 1763 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DURAND was the child of Louis DURAND and Marie-Anne DEMERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste DURAND and Madeleine RIVET:

Madeleine DURAND (b.16 March 1768, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1795, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. François HÉNAULT dit LAFRENIÈRE 16 August 1784 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste DURAND (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Geneviève REGEAS 8 November 1825 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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1745 Birth
24 May 1745
Saint-Sulpice, 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
Madeleine RIVET and Jean-Baptiste DURAND 14 February 1763, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Madeleine DURAND was born 16 March 1768, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Madeleine was 22 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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DURAND married 16 August 1784, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François HÉNAULT dit LAFRENIÈRE

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