Ursule RICHARD

(b. 25 April 1755 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1832 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada )

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Ursule RICHARD was born 25 April 1755 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Ursule RICHARD was the child of Louis-Raphael RICHARD and Louise FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean RICHARD and Anne GAMACHE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS

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

Ursule married Alexis-Francois MONGEON 23 January 1781 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis-Francois MONGEON was born 9 June 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Alexis-Francois died 7 June 1828 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Alexis-Francois was the child of Jean-Nicolas MONGEON and Marie-Anne PAQUET.

Ursule RICHARD died 16 March 1832 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, 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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Ursule RICHARD married

Alexis-Francois MONGEON-- Date: 23 January 1781 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis-Francois MONGEON was the child of Jean-Nicolas MONGEON and Marie-Anne PAQUET

Children of Alexis-Francois MONGEON and Ursule RICHARD:

Marie-Victoire MONGEON (b.12 October 1786, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph MARTIN 9 July 1804 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1755 Birth
25 April 1755
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Ursule RICHARD and Alexis-Francois MONGEON 23 January 1781, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 25 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire MONGEON was born 12 October 1786, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Ursule 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)

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire MONGEON married 9 July 1804, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Joseph MARTIN

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)