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Antoine RIVET was born 7 May 1761 in Verchères, Canada
Antoine RIVET was the child of Antoine RIVET and Marie-Josephe VEGIARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel RIVET and Marie-Helene FOUCRAULT (FOUQUEREAU) (maternal) Raymond VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ and Angélique PINEAUAntoine RIVET died 31 July 1838 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
m. Charlotte Soulieres
10 February 1784
l'Assomption, Quebec
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1761 Birth 7 May 1761
Verchères, Canada
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.
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 Canada1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1838 Death 31 July 1838
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 77.
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