Louise FOURNIER

Born

3 February 1724 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Died

4 February 1777 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER Marie-Françoise DUMAS

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Born: 3 February 1724 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER

Mother: Marie-Françoise DUMAS

Paternal grandparents: Jean FOURNIER , Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY

Maternal grandparents: Charles DUMAS , Françoise-Marthe RONDEAU

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Louise married Louis-Raphael RICHARD 22 February 1751 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Raphael RICHARD was born 26 February 1724 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Louis-Raphael was the child of Jean RICHARD and Anne GAMACHE.

Louise FOURNIER died 4 February 1777 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Louise FOURNIER married

Louis-Raphael RICHARD
Marriage date: 22 February 1751
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Louis-Raphael RICHARD was the child of Jean RICHARD and Anne GAMACHE

Children of Louis-Raphael RICHARD and Louise FOURNIER

Ursule RICHARD

Born: 25 April 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 16 March 1832, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

Married: Alexis-Francois MONGEON 23 January 1781 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1724
3 February 1724
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Louise FOURNIER and Louis-Raphael RICHARD 22 February 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 27 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Ursule RICHARD was born 25 April 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louise was 31 years old.

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.

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.