Richard Hazard (abt. 1818 - 1896)

Born about 1818 in County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Feb 1896 at about age 78 in Thorne, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada

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Richard Hazard was born in Ireland.

Biography

"Richard Hazard was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) about 1818. His family name is variously spelled 'Hazard', 'Hasard' and 'Hassard' in documents.

Richard married Ann Crozier in 1843 in Ireland.

Richard, Ann and their infant son Robert (born 1844) immigrated to Canada in 1845. They first settled in Torbolton township in Carleton Co., Ont., a destination for Irish Protestant immigrants in eastern Ontario. The following children were all born there: Ann (or Annie, born 1847), John (b. 1848) Richard Jr. (b. 1851), William (b. 1858), Catherine (b. 1859) and Alexander (b. 1862).

Sometime between the birth of their last child Alexander and the 1871 Census, Richard, Ann and their family moved to Thorne Township, Pontiac Co., Que. They followed other families from Torbolton Township who had also moved up and across the Ottawa River to Pontiac County.

Richard was a farmer. He was Anglican.

Richard Hazard died in Thorne on 18 February 1896. He was buried on 21 February 1896. His wife Ann died in 1899.

Sources: 1851 Census (Canada West) 1861 Census of Canada 1871 Census of Canada The Equity (Shawville, Que.), 20 February 1896, p. 5 Registres de l'état civil du Québec des origines à 1911 (burial register, at: http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/ecivil/pdf/07H/CE702/07H_CE702S20/1896A/01/07H_CE702S20_1896A_008_P003B.pdf), accessed 1 August 2016"^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167656533/richard-hazard

• Year: 1871; Census Place: Thorne, Pontiac South, Quebec; Roll: C-10024; Page: 29; Family No: 103

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.