Francois RICHARD

Born

4 December 1784 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 March 1878 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Francois RICHARD

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Born: 4 December 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Francois RICHARD

Father

François RICHARD

Mother

Elisabeth Marthe HEBERT

Grandparents of Francois RICHARD

Paternal grandparents

François RICHARD Marie Geneviève DAVID

Maternal grandparents

Pierre Simon HÉBERT Elisabeth DUPUIS

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

Francois married Catherine RAYMOND 8 August 1803 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine RAYMOND was born 17 March 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Catherine died 21 April 1860 in Napierville, Canada East . Catherine was the child of Rene RAYMOND and Marie-Genevieve FOUCRAULT.

Francois RICHARD died 12 March 1878 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois RICHARD

Francois RICHARD married

Catherine RAYMOND
Marriage date: 8 August 1803
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Catherine RAYMOND was the child of Rene RAYMOND and Marie-Genevieve FOUCRAULT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Francois RICHARD and Catherine RAYMOND

Isabel RICHARD

Born: 15 March 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1864,

Married: Pierre-Justinian LAPLANTE 19 August 1833 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1784
4 December 1784
La Prairie, 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)

1803 Marriage / Partner
Francois RICHARD and Catherine RAYMOND 8 August 1803, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 18 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Isabel RICHARD was born 15 March 1806, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Francois 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

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Isabel RICHARD married 19 August 1833, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Pierre-Justinian LAPLANTE

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

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine RAYMOND died 21 April 1860, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.