Jean-Baptiste RIVARD

(b. 29 October 1719 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1771 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was born 29 October 1719 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was the child of Mathurin RIVARD and Jeanne FRIGON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert RIVARD dit LORANGER and Marie-Madeleine GUILLET (maternal) François FRIGON and Marie-Claude CHAMOIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE 8 January 1752 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE was born abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Genevieve died 14 December 1809 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Genevieve was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD died 8 September 1771 in Yamachiche, 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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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD married

Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE-- Date: 8 January 1752 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE:

Marie-Amable RIVARD (b.6 September 1769, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 December 1852, Yamachiche, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMETTE 23 November 1789 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1719 Birth
29 October 1719
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE 8 January 1752, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 32 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable RIVARD was born 6 September 1769, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.