Marie-Catherine RIOUX

(b. 12 December 1742 , Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France d. 18 July 1802 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine RIOUX was born 12 December 1742 in Trois-Pistoles, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine RIOUX was the child of Vincent RIOUX and Catherine CÔTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jan ROC'HIOU (RIOUX) and Catherine LEBLONDE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CÔTÉ and Françoise-Charlotte CHORET

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

Marie-Catherine married François POITEVIN 2 March 1767 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. François POITEVIN was born 26 November 1734 in Gorron, Mayenne, France. François died 17 March 1812 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).

Marie-Catherine RIOUX died 18 July 1802 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Catherine RIOUX married

François POITEVIN-- Date: 2 March 1767 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of François POITEVIN and Marie-Catherine RIOUX:

Victoire POITEVIN dite MADOR (b.20 December 1767, L'Isle-Verte, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 January 1836, )
m. Isidore ST-JOR dit SERGERIE 10 July 1796 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1742 Birth
12 December 1742
Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine RIOUX and François POITEVIN 2 March 1767, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 24 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Victoire POITEVIN dite MADOR was born 20 December 1767, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Marie-Catherine was 25 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)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Victoire POITEVIN dite MADOR married 10 July 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Isidore ST-JOR dit SERGERIE