Jean-Marie FOURNIER

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13 April 1737 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

24 March 1820 , Québec Province, Canada

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Charles FOURNIER Marie-Angélique LANGLOIS

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Born: 13 April 1737 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Charles FOURNIER

Mother: Marie-Angélique LANGLOIS

Paternal grandparents: Charles FOURNIER , Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LANGLOIS , Louise NOLIN

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Jean-Marie married Marie-Angélique DIONNE 13 February 1757 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Angélique DIONNE was born 30 April 1735 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Angélique was the child of Augustin DIONNE and Marie-Angélique MOREAU.

Jean-Marie FOURNIER died 24 March 1820 in Québec Province, Canada.

m. Dionne Marie-Angelique

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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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Jean-Marie FOURNIER married

Marie-Angélique DIONNE
Marriage date: 13 February 1757
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Angélique DIONNE was the child of Augustin DIONNE and Marie-Angélique MOREAU

Children of Jean-Marie FOURNIER and Marie-Angélique DIONNE

Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER

Born: 19 September 1762, La Pocatière, Canada
Died: 9 March 1844, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Felicite MARTIN 1783

Guillaume FOURNIER

Born: 22 July 1770, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 March 1850, , Maine, USA

Married: Madeleine BEAULIEU 7 October 1795 Place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Marie FOURNIER

Born: abt. 1777, , Canada
Died: ,

Married: Anselme MARTIN 31 January 1797 Place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

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Birth — 1737
13 April 1737
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie FOURNIER and Marie-Angélique DIONNE 13 February 1757, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 19 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER was born 19 September 1762, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Marie was 25 years old.

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.

1770 Birth of Child
Guillaume FOURNIER was born 22 July 1770, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Marie was 33 years old.

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.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Guillaume FOURNIER married 7 October 1795 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston) to Madeleine BEAULIEU

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie FOURNIER married 31 January 1797, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston) to Anselme MARTIN

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.