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Michel Richard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Death: January 10, 1721 (14)
Acadia
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexandre Boutin Richard and Élizabeth Petitpas
Brother of Marie-Josèphe Richard; Marguerite Richard; Jeanne Richard; Pierre-Toussaint Richard dit Richard, I; Angélique Richard and 3 others

Managed by: Edward Leo Neary
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About Michel Richard

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

GEDCOM Note

Category:Port-Royal, Acadie Acadian

Biography ==fils de Alexandre Richard et Elizabeth Petitpas

Michel Richard was born on 18 September 1706 in Port Royal, Acadia. Hewas the son of Alexandre Richard and Elizabeth Petitpas. He was baptized at birth by Pierre Godet Le Jeune and ceremonies took place on 17 October 1706. His godparents were Michel Richard and Madeleine Richard.<ref>An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 RG 1 volume26 page 53 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=165&Language...</ref>He passed away in January 1721 at Port Royal, after a long illness, aged about 14 years and was buried 10 January 1721 at Port Royal, Acadia. <ref>An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 RG 1 volume 26 page 363 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1545&Languag...</ref><ref>Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 209) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/209?r=0&s=5</ref><ref>Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island was originally entered as his death place, but no source for this information was provided, so it was changedbased on sources cited.</ref>

Sources

<references />* BIRTH-BAPTISM-BURIAL: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes - Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 1379

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Michel Richard's Timeline

1706
September 8, 1706
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
October 17, 1706
Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1721
January 10, 1721
Age 14
Acadia