Germain Richard

• Sources:
  • Drouin Institute (Archived birth and baptismal record - see attached in Media tab)
  • Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached in Media tab)

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GEDCOM Note

Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Biography ==Germain was born 29 May 1703 in Acadia to Alexandre Richard and Isabelle Petitpas. <ref>Source: #KTR p. 1379 RICHARD #5 g:Text: Germain RICHARD, born 29 May 1703, baptized 24 Jun 1703, son ofAlexandre RICHARD & Isabelle (Élisabeth) PETITPAS. Sponsors: GermainGAUDET & Jeanne THÉRIOT (Port Royal Register).</ref>. He was christened 24 Jun 1703 at Port Royal, Acadia <ref> Title: "An Acadian Parish Remembered:The Registers of St Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755"; RG 1,vol. 26, p. 6. Note by KTR: Date is difficult to read on the original scanned document, has been corrected, but the two 2 s are not similar, probably 29.:Text: Transcription says born 22 [sic] May 1703, baptized 24 Jun 1703. </ref>

Germain married Marguerite DAIGRE b: 2 Apr 1708 in Port Royal, Acadia on 3 Feb 1728 in Port Royal, Acadia. <ref>Source: #KTR p. 1379Text: Groom was age 24 years. There was a dispensation for consanguinity. </ref> <ref>Germain Richard and Marguerite Daigre, Mariage Citation An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755url https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1655&Languag... Notes Germain Richard and Marguerite Daigre Register RG 1 Vol. 26a p.18 Priest René Charles de Breslay Registration Date 3 February 1728 Event Marriage Groom Germain Richard twenty-four years old Father Alexandre Richard deceased Mother Elizabeth Petitpas Bride Marguerite Daigre nineteen years old Father Olivier Daigre deceased Mother Jeanne Blanchard married the second time to Jean Le Prince Witnesses Jean Baptiste Richard brother of the groom Louis Robichaux son of Prudent Robichaux, cousin of the groom Jean Le Prince Michel Richard son of Michel Richard, cousin of the groom</ref> Germain, now a widower, was first exiled to Connecticut where we find him ont eh 1763 census. <ref>Source: #KTR p. 1379; Text: Germain was a widower. </ref> and later sailed to Haiti. He died in exile Nov 1764 at Saint Domingue, Haiti. <ref>Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc. Title: Acadians in Exile; Author: Donald J. Hebert; Publication: Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publications, 1980; p. 381:Text: Died [sic] 8 Nov 1764 at age 60 years (St-Domingue: Mirebalais.</ref>and was buried 8 Nov 1764 at Le Mirebalais, Saint Domingue, Haiti <ref>Source: #KTR p. 1379; Text: Age 60 years. </ref> Children <ref> Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc. Germain Richard </ref> : Joseph RICHARD b: ABT 1728 in Acadia: Pierre RICHARD b: 14 Apr 1730 in Grand Pré, Acadia c: 7 May 1730 inGrand Pré, Acadia : Marie RICHARD b: in Acadia

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<references />* [DGFA] Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc. Germain Richard