Toussaint RICHARD

Born

31 December 1850 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Died

24 May 1939 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Born: 31 December 1850 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Parents of Toussaint RICHARD

Father

Eusebe RICHARD

Mother

Sophie ANGER

Grandparents of Toussaint RICHARD

Paternal grandparents

Pierre-Antoine RICHARD Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT

Maternal grandparents

Charles ANGER Marie-Thérèse LUSSIER

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

Toussaint married Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS 16 January 1877 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS was born 26 July 1852 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East. Cordelie died 10 December 1928 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Cordelie was the child of Joseph PHENIX dit DAUPHINAIS and Cordelie BOUSQUET.

Toussaint RICHARD died 24 May 1939 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Toussaint RICHARD

Toussaint RICHARD married

Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS
Marriage date: 16 January 1877
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS was the child of Joseph PHENIX dit DAUPHINAIS and Cordelie BOUSQUET

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Children of Toussaint RICHARD and Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS

Joseph RICHARD

Born: 4 March 1878, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Joseph-Arthur RICHARD

Born: 22 June 1879, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 30 July 1879, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie RICHARD

Born: 4 July 1880, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis PROULX 6 February 1899 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Esmeralda RICHARD

Born: 24 March 1882, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: January 1969, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Adelard LAPORTE 7 April 1900 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Adolphe RICHARD

Born: 17 March 1884, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Arthur RICHARD

Born: 13 March 1886, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: October 1965,

Georgina-Eliza RICHARD

Born: 30 December 1887, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Amedee Alphonse RICHARD

Born: 7 February 1890, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 5 November 1978, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie Louise Alexandrine ARCHAMBAULT 19 November 1912 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Napoleon RICHARD

Born: 10 November 1892, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Honoria RICHER 20 September 1915 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Stanislas RICHARD

Born: 6 March 1895, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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 — 1850
31 December 1850
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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.

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.

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.

1877 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint RICHARD and Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS 16 January 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1878 Birth of Child
Joseph RICHARD was born 4 March 1878, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 27 years old.

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

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

1879 Birth of Child
Joseph-Arthur RICHARD was born 22 June 1879, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 28 years old.

1880 Birth of Child
Marie RICHARD was born 4 July 1880, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 29 years old.

1882 Birth of Child
Esmeralda RICHARD was born 24 March 1882, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 31 years old.

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

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

1884 Birth of Child
Adolphe RICHARD was born 17 March 1884, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 33 years old.

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

1886 Birth of Child
Arthur RICHARD was born 13 March 1886, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 35 years old.

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

1887 Birth of Child
Georgina-Eliza RICHARD was born 30 December 1887, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 37 years old.

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

1890 Birth of Child
Amedee Alphonse RICHARD was born 7 February 1890, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 39 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph-Napoleon RICHARD was born 10 November 1892, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 41 years old.

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

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

1895 Birth of Child
Stanislas RICHARD was born 6 March 1895, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Toussaint was 44 years old.

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1899 Marriage of Child
Marie RICHARD married 6 February 1899, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Louis PROULX

1900 Marriage of Child
Esmeralda RICHARD married 7 April 1900, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Adelard LAPORTE

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Marriage of Child
Amedee Alphonse RICHARD married 19 November 1912, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie Louise Alexandrine ARCHAMBAULT

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1915 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Napoleon RICHARD married 20 September 1915, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Honoria RICHER

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)