Michel RICHARD

Born

29 September 1825 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

7 August 1895 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel married Julie CHATEL 29 February 1848 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Julie CHATEL was born 3 May 1829 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Julie died 16 September 1901 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.

Parents & Family of Michel RICHARD

Parents of Michel RICHARD

Father

Pierre-Antoine RICHARD

Mother

Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT

Grandparents of Michel RICHARD

Paternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD Marie-Catherine PHANEUF

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Michel RICHARD

Michel RICHARD married

Julie CHATEL
Marriage date: 29 February 1848
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Michel RICHARD and Julie CHATEL

Marie-Anne RICHARD

Born: 4 March 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Louis-Elphege RICHARD

Born: 24 October 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 7 December 1862, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

François-Xavier RICHARD

Born: 6 November 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 6 August 1917, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose-Alma GAUDETTE 3 September 1877 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Malvina LAPIERRE 16 April 1887 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

George RICHARD

Born: 28 April 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Emma RICHARD

Born: 5 May 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 20 April 1893, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Narcisse LEBLANC 10 May 1876 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph Victor RICHARD

Born: 25 July 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 19 November 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Emma ST GERMAIN 27 April 1881 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph Ulric Mediere (Mederic) RICHARD

Born: 17 September 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 31 March 1894, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise MICHAUD 28 September 1887 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Amanda RICHARD

Born: 4 June 1864, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Louis-Zephrine-Alphonse RICHARD

Born: 26 August 1865, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 22 February 1866, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Louis-Alphonse-Donat RICHARD

Born: 26 November 1866, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 6 March 1930, Joliette, Québec, Canada

Arthur Michel RICHARD

Born: 5 February 1869, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 19 November 1940, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Alida GUERTIN 27 June 1892 Place: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Louise-Herculine RICHARD

Born: 3 May 1871, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 20 February 1942, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Hormisdas MEUNIER 18 September 1899 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Michel's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1825
29 September 1825
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Michel RICHARD and Julie CHATEL 29 February 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1848 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD was born 4 March 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 23 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Louis-Elphege RICHARD was born 24 October 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 26 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
François-Xavier RICHARD was born 6 November 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 28 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
George RICHARD was born 28 April 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 29 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie-Emma RICHARD was born 5 May 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 31 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Joseph Victor RICHARD was born 25 July 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 33 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Joseph Ulric Mediere (Mederic) RICHARD was born 17 September 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 35 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Louis-Elphege RICHARD died 7 December 1862, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 37 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie-Amanda RICHARD was born 4 June 1864, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 38 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Louis-Zephrine-Alphonse RICHARD was born 26 August 1865, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 39 years old.

1866 Death of Child
Louis-Zephrine-Alphonse RICHARD died 22 February 1866, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 40 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Louis-Alphonse-Donat RICHARD was born 26 November 1866, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 41 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Arthur Michel RICHARD was born 5 February 1869, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 43 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Herculine RICHARD was born 3 May 1871, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 45 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Marie-Emma RICHARD married 10 May 1876, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Narcisse LEBLANC

1877 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier RICHARD married 3 September 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Rose-Alma GAUDETTE

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881

Michael Richard, age 56, living in St. Denis, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, with wife, Julie, age 53. Children: Mederie (female), age 14; Victor, age 22; Donas (male), age 14; Arthure (male), age 12; Herculine (femalie), age 9; Amanda, age 16.

Source / record details
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1881 Marriage of Child
Joseph Victor RICHARD married 27 April 1881, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Emma ST GERMAIN

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier RICHARD married 16 April 1887, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Malvina LAPIERRE

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1887 Marriage of Child
Joseph Ulric Mediere (Mederic) RICHARD married 28 September 1887, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise MICHAUD

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 Marriage of Child
Arthur Michel RICHARD married 27 June 1892, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA to Alida GUERTIN

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Death of Child
Marie-Emma RICHARD died 20 April 1893, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 67 years old.

1894 Death of Child
Joseph Ulric Mediere (Mederic) RICHARD died 31 March 1894, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Michel was 68 years old.

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada