Marie-Geneviève RICHARD

(b. 19 August 1792 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 1 December 1880 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève RICHARD was born 19 August 1792 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Marie-Geneviève RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre Joseph RICHARD and Marie Madeleine BOURG (maternal) François PHANEUF and Marie-Marguerite FORGET dite DESPATITS

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

Marie-Geneviève married André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) 10 September 1822 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) was born 20 October 1799 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. André died 12 November 1856 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. André was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE and Agathe CASAVANT.

Marie-Geneviève RICHARD died 1 December 1880 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.

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Marie-Geneviève RICHARD married

André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT)-- Date: 10 September 1822 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
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André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE and Agathe CASAVANT

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Children of André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) and Marie-Geneviève RICHARD:

Geneviève CASAVANT (b.26 May 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 22 October 1898, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste LABOSSIÈRE 1 August 1854 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

André "Andrew" CASAVANT (b.9 December 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 6 June 1898, Spencer, Massachusetts, USA)

Louis CASAVANT (b.22 October 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 November 1898, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

Marie-Odile CASAVANT (b.1 July 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 16 December 1892, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

Rose CASAVANT (b.30 October 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 April 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

Marie-Monique CASAVANT (b.27 July 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 23 December 1864, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)

Ambroise CASAVANT (b.20 July 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 9 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)

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1792 Birth
19 August 1792
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

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The French In North America: 1500-1783

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève RICHARD and André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) 10 September 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 30 years old.

1822 marriage

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

1824 Birth of Child
Geneviève CASAVANT was born 26 May 1824, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 31 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
André "Andrew" CASAVANT was born 9 December 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 33 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Louis CASAVANT was born 22 October 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 35 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Odile CASAVANT was born 1 July 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 36 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Rose CASAVANT was born 30 October 1831, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 39 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Monique CASAVANT was born 27 July 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 40 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Rose CASAVANT died 26 April 1834, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 41 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Ambroise CASAVANT was born 20 July 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 42 years old.

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

1838 Death of Child
Ambroise CASAVANT died 9 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 45 years old.

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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CASAVANT married 1 August 1854, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LABOSSIÈRE

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
André CASAVANT (CAZAVANT) died 12 November 1856, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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)

1864 Death of Child
Marie-Monique CASAVANT died 23 December 1864, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève was 72 years old.

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.