Michel RICHARD

(b. 17 August 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 14 August 1881 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Michel RICHARD was born 17 August 1805 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Michel RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Angélique CHAINE (CHENET) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre Joseph RICHARD and Marie Madeleine BOURG (maternal) Alexis CHAINE (CHENET) and Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT)

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

Michel married Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 21 July 1828 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Élisabeth CAMPBELL.

Michel married (2) Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 10 January 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Agathe was the child of Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT.

Michel RICHARD died 14 August 1881 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Michel RICHARD married

Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE-- Date: 21 July 1828 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Élisabeth CAMPBELL

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Children of Michel RICHARD and Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE:

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD (b.abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Émilie RICHARD (b.abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Michel RICHARD married

Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME-- Date: 10 January 1843 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was the child of Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT

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1805 Birth
17 August 1805
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Michel RICHARD and Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 21 July 1828, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Michel RICHARD and Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 10 January 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 37 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.