Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE

(b. 30 January 1747 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1811 , Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE was born 30 January 1747 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste 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

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Geneviève RIOUX 21 January 1774 in Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Marie-Geneviève RIOUX was born 15 March 1753 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Geneviève died 22 February 1834 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Nicolas-Francois RIOUX and Catherine GERBERT.

Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE died 2 December 1811 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE married

Marie-Geneviève RIOUX-- Date: 21 January 1774 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève RIOUX was the child of Nicolas-Francois RIOUX and Catherine GERBERT

Children of Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE and Marie-Geneviève RIOUX:

Cyrille LARRIVÉE (b.abt. 1780, Trois-Pistoles, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 March 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Luce LEVASSEUR 27 January 1806 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

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1747 Birth
30 January 1747
Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LARRIVÉE and Marie-Geneviève RIOUX 21 January 1774, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 26 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)

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Cyrille LARRIVÉE married 27 January 1806, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Luce LEVASSEUR