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Thérèse FORTIER

(b. 14 February 1719 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1784 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
Age: 73

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Thérèse FORTIER was born 14 February 1719 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Thérèse FORTIER was the child of Michel FORTIER and Angélique MANSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Jacques MANSEAU and Marguerite LATOUCHE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Thérèse married Pierre-Gilles BAZIN September 10, 1742 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children. Pierre-Gilles BAZIN was born 2 September 1713 in Neauphle-le-Château, France. Pierre-Gilles died 9 November 1759 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Pierre-Gilles was the child of Pierre BAZIN and Elizabeth PHILIPPES.

Thérèse FORTIER died 17 May 1784 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

Died at Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Quebec, Quebec, Canada

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Thérèse FORTIER

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Thérèse FORTIER married

Pierre-Gilles BAZIN-- Date: September 10, 1742 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Pierre-Gilles BAZIN was the child of Pierre BAZIN and Elizabeth PHILIPPES

Name: Pierre Bazin
Spouse: Therese Fortier
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Year: 1742
Marriage Location: Quebec (Quebec City), Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: Notre-Dame

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Children of Pierre-Gilles BAZIN and Thérèse FORTIER:

Anonymous BAZIN (b.25 May 1743, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1743, Québec, Canada, New France )

Thérèse BAZIN (b.20 August 1744, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1749, Québec, Canada, New France )

Jeanne-Élizabeth BAZIN (b.14 July 1745, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1783, )

Louise-Élizabeth BAZIN (b.10 September 1746, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1783 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Gabriel-Elzear TASCHEREAU 26 January 1773 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Gilles BAZIN (b.2 September 1747, Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1748, Québec, Canada, New France )

Joseph BAZIN (b.10 December 1748, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1749, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France )

Marie-Thérèse BAZIN (b.21 January 1750, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 August 1750, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie-Angélique BAZIN (b.24 May 1751, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Michel-Amable BERTHELOT D'ARTIGNY 20 July 1773 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Antoine BAZIN (b.27 June 1752, Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1752, Québec, Canada, New France )

Thérèse-Antoinette BAZIN (b.17 July 1753, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Thérèse BAZIN (b.9 September 1754, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre BAZIN (b.21 June 1758, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Marianne HUS-LATRAVERSE August 22, 1781 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jacques-Antoine BAZIN (b.26 September 1759, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. , )

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1719 Birth
14 February 1719
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse FORTIER and Pierre-Gilles BAZIN September 10, 1742, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 23 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Anonymous BAZIN was born 25 May 1743, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 24 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Thérèse BAZIN was born 20 August 1744, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 25 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Élizabeth BAZIN was born 14 July 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 26 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Louise-Élizabeth BAZIN was born 10 September 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 27 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Pierre-Gilles BAZIN was born 2 September 1747, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 28 years old.

1748 Death of Child
Pierre-Gilles BAZIN died 10 November 1748, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 29 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Joseph BAZIN was born 10 December 1748, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 29 years old.

1749 Death of Child
Joseph BAZIN died 4 April 1749, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Thérèse was 30 years old.

1749 Death of Child
Thérèse BAZIN died 4 October 1749, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 30 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse BAZIN was born 21 January 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 30 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique BAZIN was born 24 May 1751, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 32 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Pierre-Antoine BAZIN was born 27 June 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 33 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Thérèse-Antoinette BAZIN was born 17 July 1753, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 34 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse BAZIN was born 9 September 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Thérèse was 35 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Pierre BAZIN was born 21 June 1758, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Thérèse was 39 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Jacques-Antoine BAZIN was born 26 September 1759, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Thérèse was 40 years old.

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Gilles BAZIN died 9 November 1759, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage of Child
Louise-Élizabeth BAZIN married 26 January 1773, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Gabriel-Elzear TASCHEREAU

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique BAZIN married 20 July 1773, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Michel-Amable BERTHELOT D'ARTIGNY

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.