Joseph RIOPEL

(b. 3 March 1726 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1802 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RIOPEL was born 3 March 1726 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Joseph 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):

Joseph married Marie JULIEN 30 July 1753 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie JULIEN was born 2 November 1733 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marie died 24 February 1809 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie was the child of Jean JULIEN and Louise TRUDEL.

Joseph RIOPEL died 23 April 1802 in L'Assomption, Lower 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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Joseph RIOPEL married

Marie JULIEN-- Date: 30 July 1753 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Marie JULIEN was the child of Jean JULIEN and Louise TRUDEL

Children of Joseph RIOPEL and Marie JULIEN:

Marie-Barbe RIOPEL (b.1 August 1757, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1847, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Canada East)
m. Joseph BRISSON 26 September 1780 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph RIOPEL (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 October 1840, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Esther AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) 29 January 1788 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Anne RIOPEL (b.27 December 1760, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada d. 18 September 1838, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Louis CHEVIGNY dit DURAND 16 January 1781 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Angelique RIOPEL (b.16 February 1770, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1841, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East)
m. Jacques BEAUDOIN 29 May 1797 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1726 Birth
3 March 1726
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIOPEL and Marie JULIEN 30 July 1753, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Barbe RIOPEL was born 1 August 1757, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 31 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RIOPEL was born 27 December 1760, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 34 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Angelique RIOPEL was born 16 February 1770, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 43 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Barbe RIOPEL married 26 September 1780 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Joseph BRISSON

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RIOPEL married 16 January 1781, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Louis CHEVIGNY dit DURAND

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph RIOPEL married 29 January 1788, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Esther AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Angelique RIOPEL married 29 May 1797, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Jacques BEAUDOIN

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)