Jean-Baptiste RIOUX

(b. 19 August 1765 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 March 1836 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIOUX was born 19 August 1765 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste RIOUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIOUX and Marie-Reine BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vincent RIOUX and Catherine CÔTÉ (maternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Catherine LIZOTTE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Suzanne CÔTÉ 31 January 1792 in L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne CÔTÉ was born 20 April 1770 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Suzanne died 29 July 1843 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Suzanne was the child of Gabriel-Ange CÔTÉ and Elisabeth VAILLANCOURT.

Jean-Baptiste RIOUX died 6 March 1836 in Trois-Pistoles, 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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Jean-Baptiste RIOUX married

Suzanne CÔTÉ-- Date: 31 January 1792 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada
Suzanne CÔTÉ was the child of Gabriel-Ange CÔTÉ and Elisabeth VAILLANCOURT

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIOUX and Suzanne CÔTÉ:

Etienne-Isaie RIOUX (b.13 September 1798, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 19 June 1838, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Rose CÔTÉ 26 October 1818 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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1765 Birth
19 August 1765
Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIOUX and Suzanne CÔTÉ 31 January 1792, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

He was 26 years old.

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

1798 Birth of Child
Etienne-Isaie RIOUX was born 13 September 1798, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Marriage of Child
Etienne-Isaie RIOUX married 26 October 1818, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Rose CÔTÉ

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England