Joseph RICHARD

Born

18 October 1796 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

23 April 1866 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East

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Joseph RICHARD Marie BOURGEOIS

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Born: 18 October 1796 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph RICHARD

Mother: Marie BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Joseph RICHARD , Marie Anne SIMON dite BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Claude BOURGEOIS (GLAUDE) , Marie VIGNEAULT

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Joseph married Madeleine DOUCET 9 October 1821 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DOUCET was born 24 December 1796 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . Madeleine died 18 February 1863 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East . Madeleine was the child of Louis DOUCET and Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU).

Joseph RICHARD died 23 April 1866 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East .
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Joseph RICHARD married

Madeleine DOUCET
Marriage date: 9 October 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Madeleine DOUCET was the child of Louis DOUCET and Marguerite BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU)

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Children of Joseph RICHARD and Madeleine DOUCET

Julie RICHARD

Born: 7 September 1823, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 27 September 1911, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Married: Charles HEON 15 February 1847 Place: Saint-Grégoire, 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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Birth — 1796
18 October 1796
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RICHARD and Madeleine DOUCET 9 October 1821, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 24 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Julie RICHARD was born 7 September 1823, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Julie RICHARD married 15 February 1847, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East to Charles HEON

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

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine DOUCET died 18 February 1863, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Death — 1866
23 April 1866
Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East
He died at the age of 69.

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