Joseph FORTIER

(b. 3 April 1797 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada d. , )

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Joseph FORTIER was born 3 April 1797 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Joseph FORTIER was the child of François FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile FORTIER and Madeleine DELAGE (maternal) Pierre-Noel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Agathe GAGNON

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

Joseph married Marcelline BOISSONNEAU 4 July 1826 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcelline BOISSONNEAU was born 3 August 1809 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marcelline was the child of Nicolas BOISSONNEAU and Marie MCNEIL.

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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