Victor RICHARD

Born

abt. 1721 , Acadia, Canada

Died

29 April 1795 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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Michel RICHARD Agnes BOURGEOIS

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Born: abt. 1721 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Michel RICHARD

Mother: Agnes BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents: Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY , Jeanne BABIN

Maternal grandparents: Germain BOURGEOIS , Madeleine DUGAS

Victor 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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Victor married Marie Josephe RICHARD 21 January 1744 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Josephe RICHARD was born 21 August 1720 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Josephe died 1 April 1802 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie Josephe was the child of François RICHARD and Marie Anne COMEAU.

Victor RICHARD died 29 April 1795 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .
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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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Victor RICHARD married

Marie Josephe RICHARD
Marriage date: 21 January 1744
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Josephe RICHARD was the child of François RICHARD and Marie Anne COMEAU

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, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

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, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) 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.