Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

(b. 2 January 1829 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 21 September 1884 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was born 2 January 1829 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie-Françoise BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Baptiste Marie RICHARD and Marie-Catherine PHANEUF (maternal) Pierre BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Josephte GAUDET

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

Jean-Baptiste married Julie VIGEANT 1 March 1859 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie VIGEANT was born 5 September 1831 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Julie died 8 September 1904 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Julie was the child of Florentin VIGEANT and Marie-Anne QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME.

Jean-Baptiste RICHARD died 21 September 1884 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.

m. 1 Mar 1859 • St Denis sur Richelieu, Quebec
Julie Vigeant (1831–1904)

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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jean-Baptiste RICHARD married

Julie VIGEANT-- Date: 1 March 1859 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Julie VIGEANT was the child of Florentin VIGEANT and Marie-Anne QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

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Children of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Julie VIGEANT:

Henri RICHARD (b.13 August 1869, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada d. 7 February 1911, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)

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1829 Birth
2 January 1829
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Julie VIGEANT 1 March 1859, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He 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.