flag male ancestor  Joseph-Louis  RIOPEL

  (b. 11 November 1822 L'Assomption, Lower Canada   d. 8 July 1881 St. Theodore, Chertsey, Quebec, Canada )  

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Joseph-Louis RIOPEL was born 11 November 1822 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Joseph-Louis RIOPEL was the child of Louis RIOPEL   and   Marie-Josephte-Emilie LIPPE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph RIOPEL and Esther AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) (maternal)  Jean-René-Ernest LIPPE and Marie-Josephe CHAPUT

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Joseph-Louis  married  Elmire MADRAN 24 November 1846 in St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elmire MADRAN  was born abt. 1830 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Elmire died abt. 1858 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Elmire was the child of Louis MADRAN dit LAVENTURE and Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES.

Joseph-Louis RIOPEL died 8 July 1881 in St. Theodore, Chertsey, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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 Joseph-Louis RIOPEL

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Joseph-Louis RIOPEL married flag female ancestor Elmire MADRAN-- Date: 24 November 1846 Place: St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada
Elmire MADRAN was the child of Louis MADRAN dit LAVENTURE and Thérèse MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES




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Children of Joseph-Louis RIOPEL and Elmire MADRAN:

flag male ancestor Louis RIOPEL (b.19 December 1848, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada  d. , )

flag female ancestor Emelie RIOPEL (b.abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )
m. Placide TREMBLAY 15 August 1871

flag female ancestor Rose-Delima RIOPEL (b.abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor Alfred RIOPEL (b.11 February 1855, St Liguori, Quebec, Canada  d. 7 January 1895, St Theodore de Chertsy, Quebec, Canada)



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birth1822 Birth
11 November 1822
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1846 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis RIOPEL and Elmire MADRAN 24 November 1846, St. Patrice, Metawinie, Quebec, Canada

He was 24 years old.
1848 Birth of Child
Louis RIOPEL was born 19 December 1848, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Louis was 26 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1855 Birth of Child
Alfred RIOPEL was born 11 February 1855, St Liguori, Quebec, Canada

Joseph-Louis was 32 years old.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1881 Death
8 July 1881
St. Theodore, Chertsey, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 58.
Added: 6/1/2016 9:33:16 AM - Updated: 5/12/2025 5:59:02 PM

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