Marie-Felicite RICHARD

(b. 5 September 1748 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1822 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Felicite RICHARD was born 5 September 1748 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Felicite RICHARD was the child of Joseph TAYLOR dit RICHARD and Marie-Angélique AUBERT (AUBE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard TAYLOR and Marie-Ursule BOLDUC (maternal) Charles AUBERT (AUBE) and Marie-Anne GARIEPY

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Marie-Felicite married Jean-Baptiste CHEVAUDIER 23 February 1778 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste CHEVAUDIER was born 28 February 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Jean-Baptiste died 12 July 1825 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth MAGUET (MAILLE).

Marie-Felicite RICHARD died 17 March 1822 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower 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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Jean-Baptiste CHEVAUDIER-- Date: 23 February 1778 Place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste CHEVAUDIER was the child of Pierre CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE and Marie-Anne-Elisabeth MAGUET (MAILLE)

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1748 Birth
5 September 1748
Laval, 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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite RICHARD and Jean-Baptiste CHEVAUDIER 23 February 1778, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 29 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England