Marie Anne RICHARD

(b. abt. 1699 , Acadia, Canada d. 3 May 1781 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie Anne RICHARD was born abt. 1699 in Acadia, Canada

Marie Anne RICHARD was the child of Martin RICHARD and Marguerite BOURG and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD (maternal) François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT

Marie Anne was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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

Marie Anne married Pierre DOUCET abt. 1724 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DOUCET was born abt. 1705 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pierre was the child of Louis DOUCET and Marguerite GIROUARD.

Marie Anne married (2) Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) 6 February 1748 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) was born abt. 1703 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jean died 1 July 1789 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Jean was the child of Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) and Anne BOURGEOIS.

Marie Anne RICHARD died 3 May 1781 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, 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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Marie Anne RICHARD married

Pierre DOUCET-- Date: abt. 1724 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Pierre DOUCET was the child of Louis DOUCET and Marguerite GIROUARD

Children of Pierre DOUCET and Marie Anne RICHARD:

Marguerite DOUCET (b.abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada d. 8 May 1792, Champlain, Lower Canada )
m. Francois BIGOT 18 November 1764 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie Anne RICHARD married

Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE)-- Date: 6 February 1748 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) was the child of Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) and Anne BOURGEOIS

Children of Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) and Marie Anne RICHARD:

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie Anne RICHARD and Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) 6 February 1748, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 18 November 1764, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Francois BIGOT

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.