Marie Josephe RICHARD

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21 August 1720 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

1 April 1802 , Québec Province, Canada

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François RICHARD Marie Anne COMEAU

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Born: 21 August 1720 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: François RICHARD

Mother: Marie Anne COMEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean COMEAU , Françoise HÉBERT

Marie Josephe 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

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Marie Josephe married Victor RICHARD 21 January 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Victor RICHARD was born abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada. Victor died 29 April 1795 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada . Victor was the child of Michel RICHARD and Agnes BOURGEOIS.

Marie Josephe RICHARD died 1 April 1802 in Québec Province, Canada.

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

ACADIAN Ancestry Mug: Ask Me About My Deported Ancestors from 1755! - Ceramic Coffee Mug

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Marie Josephe RICHARD married

Victor RICHARD
Marriage date: 21 January 1744
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Victor RICHARD was the child of Michel RICHARD and Agnes BOURGEOIS

Children of Victor RICHARD and Marie Josephe RICHARD

Anne RICHARD

Born: abt. 1746, , Canada
Died: 16 March 1816, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph Timothee PRINCE 12 October 1767 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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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 — 1720
21 August 1720
Port Royal, Acadia

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie Josephe RICHARD and Victor RICHARD 21 January 1744 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

She was 23 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Anne RICHARD married 12 October 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph Timothee PRINCE

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)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Death of Spouse/Partner
Victor RICHARD died 29 April 1795, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1802
1 April 1802
Québec Province, Canada
She died at the age of 81.

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