Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE)

(b. 17 May 1725 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1769 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was born 17 May 1725 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Josephte GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Anne MOUSSEAU (maternal) Thomas GOULET and Marie-Marguerite-Louise PANTATLIN (PANCATELIN) (PANTACLIN)

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Marie-Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX 19 May 1742 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 2 February 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre GENEREUX and Marie-Françoise DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX).

Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) died 27 March 1769 in Berthier-sur-Mer, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE)

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Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) married

Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX-- Date: 19 May 1742 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX was the child of Pierre GENEREUX and Marie-Françoise DESSUREAU (DESSUREAUX)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX and Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE):

Cecile GENEREUX (b.abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 May 1774, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François BOUCHER 6 February 1759 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Pierre GENEREUX (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 June 1782, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Reine CONTRE dite SANSOUCY 8 November 1779 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX (b.abt. 1748, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1799, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER 7 October 1771 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Paul GENEREUX (b.3 August 1751, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )

Madeleine-Marie-Anne GENEREUX (b.6 December 1752, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 18 July 1821, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 11 February 1771 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marguerite GENEREUX (b.abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles BOUCHER 4 July 1774 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Geneviève GENEREUX (b.6 February 1754, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1790, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre DURAND 17 October 1774 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX (b.24 January 1756, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 29 August 1821, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 23 June 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louise-Elisabeth GENEREUX (b.13 October 1757, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Rose GENEREUX (b.31 March 1759, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephe GENEREUX (b.9 September 1760, Berthierville, Canada d. 10 May 1846, Berthierville, Canada East )
m. Pierre BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE 19 July 1779 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Francoise GENEREUX (b.13 February 1764, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Elisabeth GENEREUX (b.6 August 1765, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 November 1787, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) 12 May 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis-Marie GENEREUX (b.5 March 1769, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1725 Birth
17 May 1725
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX 19 May 1742, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 17 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Paul GENEREUX was born 3 August 1751, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Marie-Anne GENEREUX was born 6 December 1752, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Geneviève GENEREUX was born 6 February 1754, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 28 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX was born 24 January 1756, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 30 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Louise-Elisabeth GENEREUX was born 13 October 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 32 years old.

1759 Marriage of Child
Cecile GENEREUX married 6 February 1759, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François BOUCHER

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose GENEREUX was born 31 March 1759, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 33 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe GENEREUX was born 9 September 1760, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 35 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise GENEREUX was born 13 February 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 38 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Elisabeth GENEREUX was born 6 August 1765, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 40 years old.

1769 Death
27 March 1769
Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 43.

1769 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie GENEREUX was born 5 March 1769, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Marguerite was 43 years old.

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