Jean Baptiste RICHARD

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13 January 1779 , Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died

16 November 1826 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Born: 13 January 1779 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Jean Baptiste married Julie POIRIER 30 April 1804 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie POIRIER was born 17 July 1783 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Julie died 25 September 1847 in St-Michel-de-Percé, Canada. Julie was the child of Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER and Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT.

Jean Baptiste RICHARD died 16 November 1826 in Rimouski, Lower Canada .

son of Jean Richard and Marguerite Dugas

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Jean Baptiste RICHARD married

Julie POIRIER
Marriage date: 30 April 1804
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Julie POIRIER was the child of Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER and Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT

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Celestine RICHARD

Born: 29 March 1807, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 28 October 1833, Rimouski, Lower Canada

Married: Louis BANVILLE 31 January 1826 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1779
13 January 1779
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Julie POIRIER 30 April 1804, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 25 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Celestine RICHARD was born 29 March 1807, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Jean Baptiste was 28 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