Michel RICHARD

Born

17 August 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

14 August 1881 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD Marie-Angélique CHAINE (CHENET)

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Born: 17 August 1805 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD

Mother: Marie-Angélique CHAINE (CHENET)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre Joseph RICHARD , Marie Madeleine BOURG

Maternal grandparents: Alexis CHAINE (CHENET) , Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT)

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Michel married Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 21 July 1828 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada. Josephte was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Élisabeth CAMPBELL.

Michel married (2) Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 10 January 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada. Agathe was the child of Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT.

Michel RICHARD died 14 August 1881 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Michel RICHARD married

Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE
Marriage date: 21 July 1828
Marriage place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE was the child of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Élisabeth CAMPBELL

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Children of Michel RICHARD and Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

Born: abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Émilie RICHARD

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Michel RICHARD married

Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME
Marriage date: 10 January 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was the child of Michel QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Françoise JOUBERT

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

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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 — 1805
17 August 1805
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Michel RICHARD and Josephte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 21 July 1828, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 22 years old.

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 Marriage / Partner
Michel RICHARD and Agathe QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 10 January 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 37 years old.

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.