Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD

(b. 22 February 1719 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 June 1767 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD was born 22 February 1719 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD was the child of Pierre RICHARD and Elisabeth GAMACHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RICHARD and Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHENES (maternal) Nicolas GAMACHE and Elisabeth-Ursule CLOUTIER

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Marguerite-Ursule married François GAGNÉ 22 November 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François GAGNÉ was born 18 February 1726 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). François died 20 July 1766 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). François was the child of Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Therese LESSARD.

Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD died 16 June 1767 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD married

François GAGNÉ-- Date: 22 November 1751 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
François GAGNÉ was the child of Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Therese LESSARD

Children of François GAGNÉ and Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD:

Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE (b.5 October 1752, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 13 November 1790, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Etienne THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT) 7 November 1774 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Anicet GAGNÉ (b.16 April 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1814, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Scholastique GAGNÉ 30 January 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1719 Birth
22 February 1719
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Ursule RICHARD and François GAGNÉ 22 November 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 32 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE was born 5 October 1752, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite-Ursule was 33 years old.

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

1758 Birth of Child
Anicet GAGNÉ was born 16 April 1758, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite-Ursule was 39 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.