Jean-Baptiste RIVET

(b. 18 March 1731 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 7 November 1806 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVET was born 18 March 1731 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RIVET was the child of Maurice RIVET and Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice RIVET and Marie-Moise CUSSON (maternal) Jean LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Jeanne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE 3 July 1752 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Veronique died 3 February 1802 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Veronique was the child of Jean-Baptiste LALUE and Marie-Catherine LEDUC.

Jean-Baptiste RIVET died 7 November 1806 in L'Assomption, 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 RIVET married

Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE-- Date: 3 July 1752 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LALUE and Marie-Catherine LEDUC

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE:

Joseph-Marie-Amable RIVET (b.17 March 1765, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Judith NADEAU 13 June 1791 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1731 Birth
18 March 1731
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVET and Veronique LALUE dite LAMONTAGNE 3 July 1752 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie-Amable RIVET was born 17 March 1765, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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.