Ancestry of
Louis Riel

Leader of the North West Rebellion

Jean-Baptiste Riel-L'Irlande

View famous kin of Jean-Baptiste Riel-L'Irlande

• • Grandfather of Louis Riel — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Jean Baptiste Riel-L'Irlande 
  • Mother:
  • Marie Antoine Hénault   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Apr 1785 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 22 Apr 1785 
  • Christening Location:
  • Berthier, Québec, Canada 
  • Death Date:
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  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
  • 7 Apr 1868 
  • Burial Location:
  • Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marguerite Boucher
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1812 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Louis Riel (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • French-Canadian voyageur

    The burial record for Jean-Baptiste Riel gives his age in 1868 as 82 years, not 92 as some have claimed.

• Sources for Jean-Baptiste Riel-L'Irlande

  • ¹ Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Burial record for Jean-Baptiste Riel.
  • ² Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Baptism record for Jean Baptiste Riel dit L'Irlande.
  • ³ Dictionary of Canadian Biography, "Riel, Louis (1817-64)", (accessed 03/13/2018).
  • ⁴ St. Boniface Historical Society, "Louis Riel - father", (accessed 03/13/2018).