Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE)

(b. 23 December 1715 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1781 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was born 23 December 1715 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was the child of Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Catherine MENARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)

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Marie-Louise married Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE 3 February 1739 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was born 18 May 1715 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Marie died 24 March 1781 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Jean DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marguerite VERDON.

Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) died 27 August 1781 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) married

Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE-- Date: 3 February 1739 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was the child of Jean DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marguerite VERDON

Children of Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE):

Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE (b.27 June 1745, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1813, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Ambroise-Antoine COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE 24 January 1763 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1715 Birth
23 December 1715
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE 3 February 1739, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 23 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE was born 27 June 1745, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Marie-Louise was 29 years old.

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 of Child
Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE married 24 January 1763, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Ambroise-Antoine COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE

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.