Joseph Riopelle (1820 - 1894)

Born 1820 in L'Assomption, Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Julie Mercier — married 4 Feb 1856 in St-Roch-de-l'Achigan, L'Assomption, Québec

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1894 at about age 74 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada

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Biography

Joseph Riopelle was born about 1820.^[1] The surname is written Riopelle and Riopel (Le nom s'écrit Riopel et Riopelle).

Joseph Riopelle and Julie Mercier married in 1856 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan. His parents were Nicolas Riopel & Marie Rose Amireault (also written Mireault) while and her parents were Jean-Louis Mercier dit Lajoie & Julie Bourg .^{[2] [3]}

In the 1861 census for L’Assomption, Québec we find the following family group^[1]:

• Joseph Riopelle - age 36 - a farmer
• Julie Mercier - age 24 - female - his wife
• Stephanie Riopelle - age 4 - female
• Apel Riopelle - age 2 - female
• Adolf Riopelle - age 1 - male

In the 1871 census for L’Assomption, Québec we find the following family group^[4]:

• Joseph Riopelle - age 46 - a farmer
• Julie Mercier - age 36 - female - his wife
• Stephanie Riopelle - age 14 - female
• Dolphis Riopelle - age 13 - male
• Donna Riopelle - age 11 - female
• Daniel Riopelle - age 9 - male
• Féréol Riopelle - age 7 - male
• Nada Riopelle - age 5 - Male
• Georgianna Riopelle - age 2 - Female

In the 1881 census for L’Assomption, Québec we find the following family group^[5][6]:

• Joseph Riopelle - age 58 - a farmer
• Julie Mercier - age 46 - female - his wife
• Stephanie Riopelle - age 24 - female
• Henri Riopelle - age 2 - male
• Daniel Riopelle - age 18 - male
• Féréol Riopelle - age 16 - male
• Adolphe Riopelle - age 14 - Male
• Georgianna Riopelle - age 12 - Female
• Théodule Riopelle - age 9 - Male
• Oscar Riopelle - age 6 - Male

In the 1891 census for L’Assomption, Québec we find the following family group^[7]:

• Joseph Riopel 67
• Henri Riopel 11
• Oscar Riopel 16
• Stephanie Riopel 27
• Georgiana Riopel 21

Joseph passed away in 1894. ^[8]

Individuals ruled out

Joseph Adolph Riopelle was born in 1824 and baptized 11 December 1824 in L’Assomption, Québec, Canada.^[9][10] The Joseph Adolph Riopelle baptized 11 December 1824 in L’Assomption, Québec, Canada appears to have died in 1828. Joseph Adolph Riopelle, the son of Louis Riopel and Marie Josephete was buried in 1828 at St-Jacques-l`Achigan, Québec (Quebec).^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1861 Census http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/jpg/4108813_00200.jp Page link only active when logged onto Ancestry with an account allowing access to Canadian records. Birth year extrapolated birth from census records.
2. ↑ Marriage - Mariage de Joseph Riopelle et Julie Mercier : "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-SSJB?cc=1321742&wc=9RLF-BZ7%3A22612801%2C22612802%2C23273801 : 1856), Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan > Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan > image 448 of 630; nos paroisses de Église Catholique, Quebec (Catholic Church parishes, Quebec).
3. ↑ Source Citation Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Source Information Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
4. ↑ 1871 Census http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/jpg/4395574_00162.jpg Page link only active when logged onto Ancestry with an account allowing access to Canadian records.
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVJ2-DNT : 20 May 2019), Joseph Riopelle, L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Joseph Riopelle, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Similar His
6. ↑ 1881 Census http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e327/e008159209.jpg Page link only active when logged onto Ancestry with an account allowing access to Canadian records.
7. ↑ Source Citation Year: 1891; Census Place: L'Assomption Town, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6400; Family No: 20 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2009. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels: T-6290 to T-6427.
8. ↑ Family notes from 1975 with source annotated as PRDH (presumed to be Programme de recherche en démographie historique at the Université de Montréal). Considered unverified since PRDH is a secondary source (albeit arguably a relatively reliable one) and is a -for fee database.
9. ↑ Birth - Baptême de Joseph Riopel : "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899S-GSMC?cc=1321742&wc=9RLZ-4WG%3A14637901%2C14637902%2C16410503 : 1824), L'Assomption > L'Assomption > image 48 of 627; nos paroisses de Église Catholique, Quebec (Catholic Church parishes, Quebec).
10. ↑ Source Citation Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. - Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
11. ↑ Source Citation Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Source Information Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.