Mathurin RICHARD

(b. 16 January 1786 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 February 1868 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Mathurin RICHARD was born 16 January 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Mathurin RICHARD was the child of François RICHARD and Elisabeth Marthe HEBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RICHARD and Marie Geneviève DAVID (maternal) Pierre Simon HÉBERT and Elisabeth DUPUIS

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

Mathurin married Madeleine BOURGEOIS 13 April 1807 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine BOURGEOIS was born 18 September 1787 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Madeleine was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Rosalie DUPUIS.

Mathurin RICHARD died 28 February 1868 in Saint-Jean-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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Family and Children of Mathurin RICHARD

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Mathurin RICHARD married

Madeleine BOURGEOIS-- Date: 13 April 1807 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Madeleine BOURGEOIS was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Rosalie DUPUIS

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Children of Mathurin RICHARD and Madeleine BOURGEOIS:

Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD (b.3 August 1807, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 27 October 1864, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT) 2 June 1823 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Marie-Rose RICHARD (b.abt. 1811, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Armand GRANGER 9 October 1832 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Pierre-Julien RICHARD (b.abt. 1820, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Salomee GRANGER 22 February 1841 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1786 Birth
16 January 1786
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Mathurin RICHARD and Madeleine BOURGEOIS 13 April 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

He was 21 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD was born 3 August 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Mathurin was 21 years old.

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD married 2 June 1823, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT)

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose RICHARD married 9 October 1832, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Armand GRANGER

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Julien RICHARD married 22 February 1841, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Salomee GRANGER

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.

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
Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD died 27 October 1864, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Mathurin was 78 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.