Victor RICHARD

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12 April 1736 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

1 November 1824 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste RICHARD Marguerite ROBICHAUD

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Born: 12 April 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Jean Baptiste RICHARD

Mother: Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Paternal grandparents: Alexandre RICHARD , Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS

Maternal grandparents: François ROBICHAUD dit NIGANNE , Marie Madeleine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Victor was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Victor married Ludivine BOURGEOIS abt. 1761 American Colonies . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ludivine BOURGEOIS was born 27 August 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Ludivine died 21 February 1820 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Ludivine was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Anne LEBLANC.

Victor RICHARD died 1 November 1824 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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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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Victor RICHARD married

Ludivine BOURGEOIS
Marriage date: abt. 1761
Marriage place: American Colonies
Ludivine BOURGEOIS was the child of Joseph BOURGEOIS and Anne LEBLANC

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Ludivine RICHARD

Born: 4 July 1763, , Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 31 May 1798, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT) 15 January 1784 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1736
12 April 1736
Port Royal, Acadia

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

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Ludivine RICHARD was born 4 July 1763, , Massachusetts, USA

Victor was 27 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Ludivine RICHARD married 15 January 1784, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to François AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1798 Death of Child
Ludivine RICHARD died 31 May 1798, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Victor was 62 years old.

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

1820 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ludivine BOURGEOIS died 21 February 1820, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Death — 1824
1 November 1824
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 88.

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