Louis-Joseph RICARD

(b. 12 April 1733 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. April 1790 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Joseph RICARD was born 12 April 1733 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Louis-Joseph RICARD was the child of Thomas RICARD and Marie-Francoise GRIGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean RICARD (RIQUART) and Marie-Madeleine PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE (maternal) Jacques GRIGNON and Marie-Thérèse RICHER dite LAFLECHE

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

Louis-Joseph married Marie-Anne HEBERT 19 October 1761 in Trois-Rivières, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne HEBERT was born abt. 1735 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie-Anne died 24 October 1810 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie-Anne was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Jeanne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU).

Louis-Joseph RICARD died April 1790 in Nicolet, 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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Louis-Joseph RICARD married

Marie-Anne HEBERT-- Date: 19 October 1761 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Marie-Anne HEBERT was the child of Jacques HÉBERT and Jeanne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Children of Louis-Joseph RICARD and Marie-Anne HEBERT:

Joseph RICARD (b.21 January 1764, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA 19 January 1784 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1733 Birth
12 April 1733
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Joseph RICARD and Marie-Anne HEBERT 19 October 1761, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 28 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Joseph RICARD was born 21 January 1764, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Louis-Joseph was 30 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Joseph RICARD married 19 January 1784, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA