Jean Baptiste RICHARD

(b. abt. 1728 , Acadia, Canada d. 15 June 1775 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean Baptiste RICHARD was born abt. 1728 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste RICHARD was the child of Martin RICHARD and Marie CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin RICHARD and Marguerite BOURG (maternal) François CORMIER and Marguerite LEBLANC

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

Jean Baptiste married Madeleine BERNARD abt. 1749 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine BERNARD was born abt. 1727 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Madeleine died 28 November 1757 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine was the child of René BERNARD and Anne BELOU.

Jean Baptiste married (2) Marie-Josephte HAMEL 13 November 1762 in Lotbinière, Canada . Marie-Josephte HAMEL was born 23 August 1731 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAMEL and Marie-Genevieve GARNIER (GRENIER).

Jean Baptiste RICHARD died 15 June 1775 in Lotbinière, Province of 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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Jean Baptiste RICHARD married

Madeleine BERNARD-- Date: abt. 1749 Place:
Madeleine BERNARD was the child of René BERNARD and Anne BELOU

Children of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Madeleine BERNARD:

Rosalie RICHARD (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Marie MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ 9 October 1775 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Jean Baptiste RICHARD married

Marie-Josephte HAMEL-- Date: 13 November 1762 Place: Lotbinière, Canada
Marie-Josephte HAMEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAMEL and Marie-Genevieve GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Marie-Josephte HAMEL:

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

1757 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine BERNARD died 28 November 1757, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Marie-Josephte HAMEL 13 November 1762, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.