Mathurin RICHARD

(b. 3 February 1750 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1799 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Mathurin RICHARD was born 3 February 1750 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Mathurin RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Joseph RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine TELLIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RICHARD and Catherine LARRIVÉE (LARRIVÉ) (maternal) Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

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

Mathurin married Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT 24 October 1774 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT was born 12 December 1758 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Madeleine died 9 December 1838 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Nicolas PERRAULT and Madeleine RIVET.

Mathurin RICHARD died 10 December 1799 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .

m. Perreault Marie-Madeleine

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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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Mathurin RICHARD married

Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT-- Date: 24 October 1774 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT was the child of Nicolas PERRAULT and Madeleine RIVET

Children of Mathurin RICHARD and Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT:

Marguerite RICHARD (b.abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre RATELLE 23 February 1808 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1750 Birth
3 February 1750
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin RICHARD and Marie-Madeleine PERRAULT 24 October 1774, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 24 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.