Jean Pierre Richard (1770 - 1850)

Born 8 Jul 1770 in Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Ancestors

Died 11 Sep 1850 at age 80 in Louisiana

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Biography

Jean Richard is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque7-Left, La Bergere. Listed with him is his wife Margueritte Landry and their son Jean Pierre.^[1]

Jean Pierre was born in 1770 in France. He was the son of Acadians Jean Richard and Marguerite Landry. ^[2]

Four of Jean's siblings died very young. Only the last born child, this boy, reached adulthood, married, and had children. In 1763 the Acadians detained in England were finally released and repatriated to France. In May 1763 they boarded the ship L'Ambition which took them to Saint-Malo, France where Jean Pierre was born. Jean and Marguerite were recorded in Saint-Malo in 1772.

They immigrated to Louisiana in 1785. ^[3]

Jean married on 18 September 1798 in Assumption, Louisiana (present-day Plattenville) to Elisabeth "Isabelle" Jeanne Isabelle AUCOIN. ^[4]

He passed away before 1850; his widow is listed on the 1850 census of Assumption Parish, LA.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 29
2. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach; p. 227.
3. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995 - pp. 16-17

   Jean Pierre RICHARD, age 14, son of Jean RICHARD & his wife Marguerite LANDRY, traveling with them as the 21st family (of 3 persons) aboard "La Bergère."

4. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; pp. 39 & 623

   Juan Pedro RICHARD of St. Servan, Diocese of St. Malo, France, son of Juan & Margarita LANDRY, married on 18 Sep 1798 to Ysabel AUCOIN of St. Suliac, Diocese of St. Malo, France, daughter of Josef & Elisabeth HENNRY, deceased, Acadians. Witnesses: Joseph AUCOIN; Ambroise HEBERT. Recorded at Assumption Catholic Church, Plattenville, LA (ASM-2, 37).

   Ysabel, of St. Suliac, Diocese of St. Malo, France (Josef & Elisabeth Hennry, decd., Acadians) m. 18 Sep 1798 Juan Pedro RICHARD, of St. Servan, Diocese of St. Malo, France (Juan & Margarita Landry) wit. Joseph Aucoin & Ambroise Hebert (ASM-2, 37)

5. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census - 1850 U.S. census, Digital images - National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. - M432, roll 229, p. 86, dwelling 645, family 64 [Henriette is Elisabeth Jeanne's niece.]. - Lines 12-13, :W'ow Jean RICHARD, female age 77, born in France, cannot read or write. Living with Henriette BERBIER, female age 35, born in LA, also cannot read or write.