Gabriel RIOPEL

(b. 15 October 1732 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 7 October 1777 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel RIOPEL was born 15 October 1732 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Gabriel RIOPEL was the child of Pierre RIOPEL and Marie-Anne MAHEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RIOPEL and Marie-Madeleine JULIEN (maternal) Pierre MAHEU and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

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

Gabriel married Marie-Louise HEBERT 1 July 1754 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise HEBERT was born 10 September 1733 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise died 18 October 1795 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of François HÉBERT dit LECOMTE and Scholastique TRUDEL.

Gabriel RIOPEL died 7 October 1777 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Occupation

Gabriel RIOPEL was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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Gabriel RIOPEL married

Marie-Louise HEBERT-- Date: 1 July 1754 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise HEBERT was the child of François HÉBERT dit LECOMTE and Scholastique TRUDEL

Children of Gabriel RIOPEL and Marie-Louise HEBERT:

Angelique RIOPEL (RIOPELLE) (b.25 January 1768, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 August 1853, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. Louis JARRET dit BEAUREGARD 20 October 1783 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louise RIOPEL (b.25 September 1773, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 October 1852, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Joseph MORIN 26 September 1790 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1732 Birth
15 October 1732
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel RIOPEL and Marie-Louise HEBERT 1 July 1754, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Angelique RIOPEL (RIOPELLE) was born 25 January 1768, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 35 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Louise RIOPEL was born 25 September 1773, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 40 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.