Geneviève RICHARDSON

Born

30 April 1829 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

4 May 1884 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Geneviève married Tranquille Jean SAULNIER abt. 1850 . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was born May 1824 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . Tranquille Jean died 14 February 1886 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . Tranquille Jean was the child of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU .

Parents & Family of Geneviève RICHARDSON

Parents of Geneviève RICHARDSON

Father

William RICHARDSON

Mother

Marguerite LEBRETON

Grandparents of Geneviève RICHARDSON

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

René ROBERT dit LEBRETON Anne Apolline HEBERT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève RICHARDSON

Geneviève RICHARDSON married

Tranquille Jean SAULNIER
Marriage date: abt. 1850
Marriage place:
Tranquille Jean SAULNIER was the child of Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Charlotte COMEAU

Children of Tranquille Jean SAULNIER and Geneviève RICHARDSON

Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Jean SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: abt. 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 6 March 1922, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Gregoire SONIER (SAULNIER)

Born: May 1871, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie BASQUE

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Birth — 1829
30 April 1829
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Baptism

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Baptism

1 January 1830 • parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Saint-Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Tracadie, New Brunswick

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Thanks to Deb Thomas Sheldon

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 - 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)

1850 Birth of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 26 February 1850, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 20 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Pierre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 16 May 1854, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 25 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Leandre SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 18 May 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Guillaume SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Jean SAULNIER (SONIER) died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 27 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Marguerite SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 21 October 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Geneviève was 30 years old.

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.