Marie-Genevieve RICHARD

(b. 4 August 1738 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 1 July 1778 , Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Genevieve RICHARD was born 4 August 1738 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Marie-Genevieve RICHARD was the child of Jean-François RICHARD and Geneviève PAGÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis RICHARD and Thérèse-Perrine FOURNEL (maternal) Jean-Martin PAGÉ dit QUERCY and Françoise GODIN

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

Marie-Genevieve married François-Amable HARDY 7 February 1762 in Cap-Santé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Amable HARDY was born 22 July 1733 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François-Amable died 23 January 1799 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François-Amable was the child of Jean-François HARDY and Marie-Anne GARIEPY.

Marie-Genevieve RICHARD died 1 July 1778 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Marie-Genevieve RICHARD married

François-Amable HARDY-- Date: 7 February 1762 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada

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François-Amable HARDY was the child of Jean-François HARDY and Marie-Anne GARIEPY

Children of François-Amable HARDY and Marie-Genevieve RICHARD:

François HARDY (b.7 December 1763, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1822, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine GIGNAC 6 November 1786 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1738 Birth
4 August 1738
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve RICHARD and François-Amable HARDY 7 February 1762, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 23 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
François HARDY was born 7 December 1763, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Genevieve was 25 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.