Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

Born

22 March 1700 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Died

27 January 1784 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE Catherine BIVILLE

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Born: 22 March 1700 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE

Mother: Catherine BIVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE , Geneviève GAMACHE

Maternal grandparents: François BIVILLE dit LE PICARD , Marguerite PAQUET (PASQUIER)

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Marie married Étienne TREMBLAY 12 November 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 25 December 1690 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Étienne died 20 September 1767 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Étienne was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN.

Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE died 27 January 1784 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Spouse & Children of Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

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Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE married

Étienne TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 12 November 1715
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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Étienne TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

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Children of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 September 1717, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 01 May 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD 28 July 1734 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne TREMBLAY

Born: 28 November 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 29 January 1719, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Cecile TREMBLAY

Born: 23 April 1721, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 6 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph SIMARD 16 January 1742 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 7 September 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 9 January 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

Born: 10 December 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 25 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY) 16 January 1742 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Ignace BOIVIN 10 November 1760 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 6 July 1725, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

Born: 14 October 1726, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 15 September 1817 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Jean GUAY 4 November 1744 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY

Born: 4 March 1729, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 1 March 1764, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin-Etienne BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD) 17 August 1746 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-François TREMBLAY

Born: 17 October 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 9 December 1822 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER 22 February 1753 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne TREMBLAY

Born: 19 January 1734, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 19 June 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Michelle GAGNÉ 30 April 1754 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE 13 May 1771 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marc-Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 2 August 1736, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 20 November 1738, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 4 May 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD 31 August 1761 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Marie-Anne DESMOLIERS (DEMOLIER) 8 November 1796 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY

Born: 30 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 4 February 1752, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Born: 30 June 1745, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 15 November 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine BOUCHARD 26 November 1764 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1700
22 March 1700
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

1715 Marriage / Partner
Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE and Étienne TREMBLAY 12 November 1715, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE - 1715 marriage

1715 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY was born 28 September 1717, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 17 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 28 November 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 18 years old.

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

1721 Birth of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY was born 23 April 1721, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 21 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 22 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY was born 10 December 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 23 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 6 July 1725, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 25 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Marie-Procule TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1726, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Marie was 26 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1729, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 28 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Jean-François TREMBLAY was born 17 October 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 30 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 19 January 1734, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie was 33 years old.

1734 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY married 28 July 1734, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD

1736 Birth of Child
Marc-Antoine TREMBLAY was born 2 August 1736, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 36 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY was born 20 November 1738, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 38 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 41 years old.

1742 Marriage of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY married 16 January 1742, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph SIMARD

1742 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY married 16 January 1742, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

1744 Marriage of Child
Marie-Procule TREMBLAY married 4 November 1744, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph-Jean GUAY

1745 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 30 June 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 45 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY married 17 August 1746, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Augustin-Etienne BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD)

1752 Death of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY died 4 February 1752, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 51 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Jean-François TREMBLAY married 22 February 1753, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

1754 Marriage of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY married 30 April 1754 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Michelle GAGNÉ

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY married 10 November 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Ignace BOIVIN

1761 Marriage of Child
Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY married 31 August 1761, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD

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.

1764 Death of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY died 6 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie was 63 years old.

1764 Death of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY died 1 March 1764, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie was 63 years old.

1764 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY married 26 November 1764 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Antoine BOUCHARD

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Étienne TREMBLAY died 20 September 1767, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1771 Marriage of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY married 13 May 1771, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE

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.