Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR

(b. abt. 1641 , France d. 2 July 1690 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* )
Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR was born abt. 1641 in France

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Guillaume was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Guillaume married Agnes TESSIER 26 November 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Agnes TESSIER was born 23 March 1659 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Agnes died 24 January 1733 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Agnes was the child of Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie ARCHAMBAULT.

Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR died 2 July 1690 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* .

son of Jean Richard and Anne Meunier

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Occupation

Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR was a soldier of the Carignan-Salières regiment, captain of the Canadian militia, and at one time churchwarden.

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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR married

Agnes TESSIER-- Date: 26 November 1675 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Agnes TESSIER was the child of Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie ARCHAMBAULT

Children of Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Agnes TESSIER:

Agnes RICHARD dite LAFLEUR (b.23 August 1676, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1757, Repentigny, Canada, New France )
m. Jean MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS 1 December 1703 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Pierre RICHARD (b.7 August 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 12 January 1744, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine LARRIVÉE (LARRIVÉ) 11 October 1706 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD (b.19 March 1682, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. , )
m. Marie-Anne YOU dite LADECOUVERTE 15 August 1718 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Anne RICHARD (b.1 April 1686, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. , )
m. Jean-Mathieu COITOU dit ST-JEAN 23 November 1705 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie-Madeleine RICHARD (b.15 March 1688, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 7 October 1726, Varennes, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre LIMBÉ dit LAROSE (LAMBEYE) 22 November 1706 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)
m. Pierre DESJARDINS 24 May 1723 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Urbain RICHARD dit LAROSE (b.25 March 1690, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 10 August 1760, Saint-Sulpice, Canada)
m. Marguerite FLEURICOURT 23 January 1719 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
m. Marie-Catherine COLLET (COLLETTE) 19 May 1749 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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RICHARD dit Lafleur, GUILLAUME (styled Sieur de La Fleur), soldier of the Carignan-Salières regiment, captain of the Canadian militia, and at one time churchwarden; b. 1641, son of Jean Richard, grain merchant, and his wife, Anne Meusnier, of Saint-Léger, bishopric of Saintes, France; d. 1690.

A strong family tradition states that Richard was the descendant of John Richards, a Welshman, who, as a member of the king’s bodyguard, assisted the French king, Charles IX, to escape through the back gardens of the palace during the frightful massacre of St. Bartholomew, 14 Aug. 1572.

Richard entered the French army as a young man, joining the Carignan-Salières regiment at its formation in 1664. On the last day of May of the following year he embarked for New France with his regiment, as a soldier in the company of Roger de Bonneau de La Varenne, arriving at Quebec 19 August, after a long and tempestuous voyage. Two years later, when his regiment returned to France, Richard chose to...Read MORE...

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1675 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Agnes TESSIER 26 November 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1676 Birth of Child
Agnes RICHARD dite LAFLEUR was born 23 August 1676, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1678 Birth of Child
Pierre RICHARD was born 7 August 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1682 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was born 19 March 1682, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1686 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD was born 1 April 1686, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1688 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine RICHARD was born 15 March 1688, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

1690 Death
2 July 1690
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1690 Birth of Child
Urbain RICHARD dit LAROSE was born 25 March 1690, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

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