François FOURNIER

(b. abt. 1724 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 January 1810 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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François FOURNIER was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada

François FOURNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Madeleine FRADET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas FOURNIER and Marie HUBERT (maternal) Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR and Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON

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François married Marie-Ursule THIBAULT 30 June 1749 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Ursule THIBAULT was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Ursule died 29 May 1795 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Ursule was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Ceclie FOURNIER.

François FOURNIER died 17 January 1810 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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François FOURNIER married

Marie-Ursule THIBAULT-- Date: 30 June 1749 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Ursule THIBAULT was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Ceclie FOURNIER

Children of François FOURNIER and Marie-Ursule THIBAULT:

Marie-Ursule FOURNIER (b.29 August 1750, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1816, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph DUGAS 26 July 1779 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1749 Marriage / Partner
François FOURNIER and Marie-Ursule THIBAULT 30 June 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule FOURNIER was born 29 August 1750, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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

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.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule FOURNIER married 26 July 1779, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Joseph DUGAS

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)