Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

(b. 13 May 1724 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1769 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was born 13 May 1724 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was the child of Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Georges PLANTE and Marguerite CRÉPEAU

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Marie-Madeleine married François MERCIER 3 July 1747 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François MERCIER was born 19 May 1721 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). François died 10 August 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Jean-Pascal MERCIER and Madeleine BOUCHER.

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER died 20 June 1769 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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.

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER married

François MERCIER-- Date: 3 July 1747 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
François MERCIER was the child of Jean-Pascal MERCIER and Madeleine BOUCHER

Children of François MERCIER and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER:

Pierre-Noel MERCIER (b.24 December 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Josephte NADEAU 22 August 1785 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

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1724 Birth
13 May 1724
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FORTIER and François MERCIER 3 July 1747, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 23 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre-Noel MERCIER was born 24 December 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 33 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.