Hélène HÉBERT

(b. abt. 1728 , Acadia, Canada d. 1 December 1808 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Hélène HÉBERT was born abt. 1728 in Acadia, Canada

Hélène HÉBERT was the child of Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT and Madeleine DUGAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Emmanuel HÉBERT and Andree BRUN (maternal) Claude DUGAS and Françoise BOURGEOIS

Hélène was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Hélène married Joseph Grégoire RICHARD abt. 1747 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph Grégoire RICHARD was born 16 April 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Joseph Grégoire died 24 December 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph Grégoire was the child of Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ and Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS.

Hélène married (2) François DOUCET 9 July 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . François DOUCET was born abt. 1716 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). François was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.

Hélène HÉBERT died 1 December 1808 in Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Hélène HÉBERT

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Hélène HÉBERT married

Joseph Grégoire RICHARD-- Date: abt. 1747 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Joseph Grégoire RICHARD was the child of Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ and Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS

Children of Joseph Grégoire RICHARD and Hélène HÉBERT:

Marie "Luce" RICHARD (b.abt. 1748, , Canada d. 26 June 1803, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Jean Baptiste DOUCET 25 September 1768 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD (b.abt. 1750, Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 May 1825, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Agathe FILTEAU 26 May 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph RICHARD (b.abt. 1755, , Canada d. 14 November 1842, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marguerite DAROIS 17 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Hélène HÉBERT married

François DOUCET-- Date: 9 July 1764 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
François DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER

Children of François DOUCET and Hélène HÉBERT:

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

1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph Grégoire RICHARD died 24 December 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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 Marriage / Partner
Hélène HÉBERT and François DOUCET 9 July 1764, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie "Luce" RICHARD married 25 September 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jean Baptiste DOUCET

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph RICHARD married 17 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marguerite DAROIS

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD married 26 May 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Agathe FILTEAU

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1803 Death of Child
Marie "Luce" RICHARD died 26 June 1803, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1808 Death
1 December 1808
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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