Joseph RICHARD

(b. abt. 1755 , Canada d. 14 November 1842 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )

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Joseph RICHARD was born abt. 1755 in Canada

Joseph RICHARD was the child of Joseph Grégoire RICHARD and Hélène HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ and Marie Josephe BOURGEOIS (maternal) Jean-Emmanuel HÉBERT and Madeleine DUGAS

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Joseph married Marguerite DAROIS 17 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DAROIS was born abt. 1756 in Canada. Marguerite was the child of Simon DAROIS and Anne THIBODEAU.

Joseph RICHARD died 14 November 1842 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East .
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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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Joseph RICHARD married

Marguerite DAROIS-- Date: 17 January 1774 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marguerite DAROIS was the child of Simon DAROIS and Anne THIBODEAU

Children of Joseph RICHARD and Marguerite DAROIS:

Marguerite RICHARD (b.29 January 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Medard-Francois JANTON dit DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) 13 October 1806 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RICHARD and Marguerite DAROIS 17 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHARD was born 29 January 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Marguerite RICHARD married 13 October 1806, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Medard-Francois JANTON dit DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS)

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)

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)