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Francoise Richard 1588 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1588

Birth Location: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Lawrence Lavau)

Mother: Françoise Richard

Spouse(s): Jean baker

Children(s): Marie Forestier, Jean Forestier, Renee Forestier

Francoise Richard was born in 1588 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, the child of Lawrence Come Richard (de Lavau) and Françoise Malenfant Thériault Richard. Francoise Richard married Jean André-Berthommé Forestier, merchant baker, and had children including Marie Anne Forestier, Jean Dit Fortier Forestier, Renee Forestier. Francoise Richard passed away in 1636 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.

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Biography

  • Francoise Richard was born in 1588 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France, the child of Lawrence Come Richard (de Lavau) and Françoise Malenfant Thériault Richard.
  • Francoise Richard married Jean André-Berthommé Forestier, merchant baker, and had children including Marie Anne Forestier, Jean Dit Fortier Forestier, Renee Forestier.
  • Francoise Richard passed away in 1636 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lawrence Lavau)
1530 – 1610
Birth Location: Sevignac, 22, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
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Françoise Richard
1530 – 1610
Birth Location: St Martin, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
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Spouses(s)

Jean baker
1586 – 1636
Birth Location: Nizerolles, Allier, France
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Children(s)

Marie Forestier
1606 – 1641
Birth Location: La Rochelle-Normande, Lower Normandy, Manche, Normandie, France
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Jean Forestier
1610 – 1694
Birth Location: St Jean Dangely, Saintes, Saintonge, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
JF
Renee Forestier
1616 –
Birth Location: La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Francoise Richard's Ancestors

Self
Francoise Richard
1588 – 1636
Birth Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Parents
Lawrence Come Richard (de Lavau)
1530 – 1610
Sevignac, 22, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Françoise (Malenfant Thériault) Richard
1530 – 1610
St Martin, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Grandparents
Georges (Edward Richard dit) Sansoucy
1500 – 1582
St Martin, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
Albertine (Michaud 14e) AGP
1500 – 1580
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Eugene Malenfant
1500 –
St Hubert, R Du Loup, Québec, Canada
Albertine (Yvonne) Cote
1510 –
St Clement, R du Loup, Québec, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Michel (Pétat)
1475 – 1540
Magdeleine Blanchard
1478 – 1535
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Francoise Richard's Descendants

1.
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Francoise Richard (1588 – 1636) m. Jean (André-Berthommé Forestier, merchant) baker (19 Août 1586 – 28 Oct 1636)
  1. 1. Marie (Anne) Forestier (4 August 1606 – 25 October 1641)
  2. 2. Jean (Dit Fortier) Forestier (1610 – 31 March 1694) m. Julienne Coiffe (1616 – 20 April 1650)
    1. 1. Catherine Ménard (6 January 1640 – 31 March 1694) m. Jacques (Ménard dit) Lafontaine (21 August 1629 – 14 January 1707)
      1. 1. Margurite Ménard (4 September 1658 – 1666)
      2. 2. Marie Ménard-Dit-Lafontaine (7 September 1659 – 2 July 1726)
      3. 3. Jean-Baptiste Ménard (27 November 1660 – 29 October 1728)
      4. 4. Louis Ménard (28 July 1662 – 11 May 1742)
      5. 5. Maurice Ménard (6 June 1664 – 9 May 1741) m. Marie (Madeleine Couc dit) Lafleur (1669 – 1763)
        1. 1. Madeleine-Marguerite (Menard dit) Lafontaine (22 Jun 1683 – 25 MAY 1763) m. Pierre Boileau (1676 – 3 March 1730)
        2. 2. Antoine Ménard (28 April 1695 – 3 June 1764)
        3. 3. Antoine Menard (28 April 1695 – 3 June 1764)
        4. 4. Marie (Madeleine) Menard (1696 – 22 November 1756)
        5. 5. Louis Menard ( – 7 July 1761)
        6. 6. Francois Menard (1698 – )
        7. 7. Pierre Menard (12 March 1701 – )
        8. 8. Jean (Baptiste) Menard (11 July 1703 – )
        9. 9. Suzanne Menard (21 July 1706 – )
        10. 10. Marguerite Menard (20 July 1711 – 24 July 1711)
        11. 11. Marie (Louise Bolon) Menard (23 April 1728 – )
      6. 6. Jean Ménard (14 March 1666 – 7 May 1702)
      7. 7. Marguerite Menard (22 January 1668 – 3 April 1699)
      8. 8. Jeanne-Françoise Ménard (21 May 1669 – 16 October 1747)
      9. 9. Marie-Anne Ménard (2 April 1671 – 3 February 1709)
      10. 10. Catherine Ménard (27 September 1673 – 2 January 1726)
      11. 11. Marie (Catherine Menard Dit) Lafontaine (27 September 1673 – 1 January 1727)
      12. 12. Marie-Madeleine Ménard (19 January 1674 – 30 January 1675)
      13. 13. Thérèse Ménard (2 October 1676 – 20 June 1753)
      14. 14. Jacques Ménard (17 August 1678 – 6 July 1685)
  3. 3. Renee Forestier (1616 – )

Francoise Richard's Timeline

2 Records

1588
1588
Birth of Francoise Richard in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
1636
1636
Age 48
Death of Francoise Richard in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1588
    Event Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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