Madeleine GERMAIN

(b. 26 July 1754 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1816 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine GERMAIN was born 26 July 1754 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Madeleine GERMAIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Marie-Thérèse DUSSAULT dite TOUPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine-Étienne GERMAIN and Elisabeth TROTTIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Thérèse TURCOT

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

Madeleine married Pierre RICHARD 18 November 1776 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre RICHARD was born 30 June 1752 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Pierre died 14 February 1837 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Pierre was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Brigitte GIGNAC.

Madeleine GERMAIN died 15 March 1816 in Cap-Santé, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Madeleine GERMAIN married

Pierre RICHARD-- Date: 18 November 1776 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Brigitte GIGNAC

Children of Pierre RICHARD and Madeleine GERMAIN:

François RICHARD (b.25 March 1786, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Françoise MARCHAND 30 January 1809 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

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1754 Birth
26 July 1754
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GERMAIN and Pierre RICHARD 18 November 1776, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 22 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
François RICHARD was born 25 March 1786, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Madeleine was 31 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
François RICHARD married 30 January 1809, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils) to Françoise MARCHAND