Marguerite LARRIVÉE

(b. 20 October 1748 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1818 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite LARRIVÉE was born 20 October 1748 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marguerite LARRIVÉE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE and Marguerite LISSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) and Catherine POIRÉ (maternal) Jacques LISSE and Françoise CHORET

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

Marguerite married Joseph-Marie GONTHIER 2 March 1772 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie GONTHIER was born 28 July 1749 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Joseph-Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph GONTHIER and Josephte CASSE (LACASSE).

Marguerite LARRIVÉE died 29 May 1818 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marguerite LARRIVÉE married

Joseph-Marie GONTHIER-- Date: 2 March 1772 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie GONTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph GONTHIER and Josephte CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Joseph-Marie GONTHIER and Marguerite LARRIVÉE:

Victoire GONTHIER (b.11 September 1785, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 January 1844, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Michel CLOUTIER 17 May 1813 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1748 Birth
20 October 1748
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LARRIVÉE and Joseph-Marie GONTHIER 2 March 1772, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 23 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)

1785 Birth of Child
Victoire GONTHIER was born 11 September 1785, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Marguerite was 36 years old.

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

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Victoire GONTHIER married 17 May 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Michel CLOUTIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)