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  (b. 29 May 1796 Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada   d. 29 June 1880 Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada )  

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Jean-Basile RICHARD was born 29 May 1796 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-Basile RICHARD was the child of Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD   and   Marie-Catherine PHANEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre Joseph RICHARD and Marie Madeleine BOURG (maternal)  François PHANEUF and Marie-Marguerite FORGET dite DESPATITS

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Jean-Basile  married  Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER 2 February 1818 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 3 children. Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER  was born 6 January 1792 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Anne-Jeanne died 9 May 1881 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada.  Marie-Anne-Jeanne was the child of Pierre GRENIER and Desanges BRAZEAU.

Jean-Basile RICHARD died 29 June 1880 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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birth1796 Birth
29 May 1796
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
marriage1818 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Basile RICHARD and Marie-Anne-Jeanne GRENIER 2 February 1818, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.
1819 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD was born 1 December 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Basile was 23 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1822 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD was born 7 September 1822, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Basile was 26 years old.
1824 Birth of Child
Basile RICHARD was born 17 February 1824, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Basile was 27 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1836 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne RICHARD married 2 February 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Augustin PHANEUF
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD married 31 January 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Toussaint CHAINE (CHENET)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1859 Death of Child
Marie-Desanges RICHARD died 12 April 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Basile was 62 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Jean-Basile RICHARD - Death  Décès: 27 JUN 1880, St-Hugues, Bagot, QC Sépulture: 29 JUN 1880, St-Hugues, Bagot, QC Dcd: 86 ans.
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Décès: 27 JUN 1880, St-Hugues, Bagot, QC
Sépulture: 29 JUN 1880, St-Hugues, Bagot, QC
Dcd: 86 ans.

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
death1880 Death
29 June 1880
Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 84.
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/7/2025 10:58:45 AM

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