Geneviève COMEAU

(b. 15 July 1813 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. 15 February 1892 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Geneviève COMEAU was born 15 July 1813 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Geneviève COMEAU was the child of Athanase COMEAU and Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis COMEAU dit COURTOT and Marie Anne POTHIER (maternal) Joseph THIBODEAU and Marguerite LEBLANC

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

Geneviève married Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD 14 February 1831 in Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD was born 15 September 1816 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Pierre Amateur Martin died 9 April 1888 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Pierre Amateur Martin was the child of Pierre-Michel RICHARD and Marie-Josephte DION (GUYON).

Geneviève COMEAU died 15 February 1892 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Geneviève COMEAU married

Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD-- Date: 14 February 1831 Place: Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada
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Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Michel RICHARD and Marie-Josephte DION (GUYON)

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Children of Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD and Geneviève COMEAU:

Marie RICHARD (b.4 June 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Olivier RICHARD (b.26 November 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Richard RICHARD (b.2 February 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

Michel RICHARD (b.31 May 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

François RICHARD (b.28 July 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )

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1813 Birth
15 July 1813
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
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Baptism
27 January 1814 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick
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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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève COMEAU and Pierre Amateur Martin RICHARD 14 February 1831, Shippagan, New Brunswick, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1831 marriage

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Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
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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)

1839 Birth of Child
Marie RICHARD was born 4 June 1839, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 25 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Olivier RICHARD was born 26 November 1840, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Richard RICHARD was born 2 February 1843, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 29 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Michel RICHARD was born 31 May 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 31 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
François RICHARD was born 28 July 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 34 years old.

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

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.