Charles RICHARD

Born

29 February 1788 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 February 1871 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

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Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD Agathe FILTEAU

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Born: 29 February 1788 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre Antoine Paul RICHARD

Mother: Agathe FILTEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph Grégoire RICHARD , Hélène HÉBERT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FILTEAU , Josephte BIGOT

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Charles married Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN 15 January 1816 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN was born 19 October 1795 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise was the child of Antoine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Thérèse PARENT.

Charles RICHARD died 12 February 1871 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada .
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Charles RICHARD married

Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN
Marriage date: 15 January 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN was the child of Antoine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Thérèse PARENT

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Children of Charles RICHARD and Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN

Charles RICHARD

Born: 13 October 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie Louise RICHARD

Born: 25 May 1818, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Louise RICHARD

Born: 15 March 1823, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite RICHARD

Born: abt. 1825, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Noel RICHARD

Born: 16 August 1826, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 4 June 1871, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Louis-Leandre RICHARD

Born: March 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1788
29 February 1788
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Charles RICHARD and Marie-Louise BEAUBIEN 15 January 1816, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

He was 27 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Charles RICHARD was born 13 October 1816, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles 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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie Louise RICHARD was born 25 May 1818, Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada

Charles was 30 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Louise RICHARD was born 15 March 1823, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 35 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)

1826 Birth of Child
Noel RICHARD was born 16 August 1826, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 38 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Louis-Leandre RICHARD was born March 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles was 45 years old.

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)

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.