Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Born

1 October 1708 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

4 October 1788 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: 1 October 1708 in Port Royal, Acadia

Parents of Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Father

François ROBICHAUD dit NIGANNE

Mother

Marie Madeleine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Grandparents of Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Paternal grandparents

Étienne ROBICHAUD Françoise BOUDROT

Maternal grandparents

Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Marguerite was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Marguerite married Jean Baptiste RICHARD 13 February 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean Baptiste RICHARD was born abt. 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia . Jean Baptiste died 25 March 1751 in Port Royal, Acadia . Jean Baptiste was the child of Alexandre RICHARD and Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS.

Marguerite ROBICHAUD died 4 October 1788 in Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Marguerite ROBICHAUD married

Jean Baptiste RICHARD
Marriage date: 13 February 1730
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean Baptiste RICHARD was the child of Alexandre RICHARD and Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS

Marriage notes:

Jean-Baptiste Richard married Marguerite Robichaud, daughter of Francois Robichaud and Madeleine Theriot, on 13 February 1730 at Port Royal

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes.; p1379.

Children of Jean Baptiste RICHARD and Marguerite ROBICHAUD

Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD

Born: 14 April 1732, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Pierre MELANSON 12 January 1751 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Victor RICHARD

Born: 12 April 1736, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 1 November 1824, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Ludivine BOURGEOIS 1761 Place: American Colonies

Frederic RICHARD

Born: 7 September 1738, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 17 June 1825, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Marguerite RICHARD

Born: 23 February 1740, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 16 November 1785, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise RICHARD

Born: 1 January 1742, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 12 June 1799, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

Born: 24 June 1744, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Monique RICHARD

Born: 18 February 1747, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 12 December 1810, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Marie-Marguerite RICHARD

Born: abt. 1749, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 1 April 1790, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Ovide-Mathieu RICHARD

Born: 27 September 1751, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1708
1 October 1708
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ROBICHAUD and Jean Baptiste RICHARD 13 February 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 21 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD was born 14 April 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 23 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Victor RICHARD was born 12 April 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 27 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Frederic RICHARD was born 7 September 1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 29 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marguerite RICHARD was born 23 February 1740, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 31 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Louise RICHARD was born 1 January 1742, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 33 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was born 24 June 1744, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Monique RICHARD was born 18 February 1747, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite was 38 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Elizabeth-Isabelle RICHARD married 12 January 1751, Port Royal, Acadia to Pierre MELANSON

1751 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean Baptiste RICHARD died 25 March 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1751 Birth of Child
Ovide-Mathieu RICHARD was born 27 September 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite was 43 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Death of Child
Marguerite RICHARD died 16 November 1785, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marguerite was 77 years old.

Death — 1788
4 October 1788
Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 80.

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