M, b. 4 July 1870
| Name Variation | | Thomas Rivest was also known as Thomas Rivet. |
| Birth* | 4 July 1870 | He was born on 4 July 1870 at St-Paul, Comté Joliette, Québec .1 |
| Baptism | 5 July 1870 | He was baptized on 5 July 1870 at St-Paul, St-Paul, Comté Joliette, Québec . Thomas Rivet was named godfather. Marguerite Rivet was named godmother.1  |
| (with Parents) Census1871 | 1871 | Thomas Rivest appeared on the 1871 Census of St-Paul, Comté Joliette, Québec in the household of his parents, Louis Rivet and Adéline Rivet.3 |
| (with Parents) Census1881 | 1881 | Thomas Rivest appeared on the 1881 Census of St-Paul, Comté Joliette, Québec in the household of his parents, Louis Rivet and Adéline Rivet.4 |
| Marriage* | 26 November 1889 | Thomas Rivest married Marie Louise Singelet, daughter of Edouard Singelet and Angeline Froment, on 26 November 1889 at Ste-Élisabeth, Ste-Élisabeth, Comté Joliette, Québec .2  |
| Census1891* | 4 April 1891 | Thomas Rivest and Marie Louise Singelet appeared on the 1891 Census of Joliette, Comté Joliette, Québec, at Cathédrale St-Charles-Borromée, enumerated 4 April 1891. Their daughter Marie Roseanna was listed as living with them.5 |
| (Witness) Census1901 | 24 April 1901 | Thomas Rivest appeared on the 1901 Census of Joliette, Comté Joliette, Québec, in the household of Théophile Rivest and Vitaline Mongin dit Léveillé.6 |