Francois RICHER

Born

Died

17 December 1870 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Francois married Angele MAILLOT 20 February 1816 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele MAILLOT was born abt. 1794 in Québec Province, Canada. Angele died 16 December 1841 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . Angele was the child of Louis-Amable MAILLOT and Marie-Josephe LAROCHE .

Parents & Family of Francois RICHER

Parents of Francois RICHER

Father

Jean-Baptiste RICHER

Mother

Marie-Louise ROBICHAUD

Grandparents of Francois RICHER

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE

Maternal grandparents

Francois ROBICHAUD Cécile THIBODEAU

m. Maillot Angele

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Francois RICHER

Francois RICHER married

Angele MAILLOT
Marriage date: 20 February 1816
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Angele MAILLOT was the child of Louis-Amable MAILLOT and Marie-Josephe LAROCHE

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

Children of Francois RICHER and Angele MAILLOT

Charles RICHER

Born: abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Celina CROTEAU 2 September 1851 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Francois RICHER and Angele MAILLOT 20 February 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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)

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angele MAILLOT died 16 December 1841, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Charles RICHER married 2 September 1851, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East to Celina CROTEAU

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)

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.