Louise-Charlotte FORTIN

(b. 14 February 1731 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 26 June 1821 , Percé, Quebec, Canada )

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Louise-Charlotte FORTIN was born 14 February 1731 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Louise-Charlotte FORTIN was the child of Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Louise GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Xainte CLOUTIER (maternal) Claude GUIMOND and Anne ROY

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

Louise-Charlotte married Joseph ARBOUR 29 January 1753 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph ARBOUR was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 25 March 1805 in Percé, Quebec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Michel ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Barbe MORIN.

Louise-Charlotte FORTIN died 26 June 1821 in Percé, Quebec, 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.

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Louise-Charlotte FORTIN married

Joseph ARBOUR-- Date: 29 January 1753 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Joseph ARBOUR was the child of Michel ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Barbe MORIN

Children of Joseph ARBOUR and Louise-Charlotte FORTIN:

Charlemagne ARBOUR (b.abt. 1756, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1844, Bonaventure, Canada East )
m. Marie-Angelique BABIN 1787 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Genevieve ARBOUR (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 August 1849, Percé, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jacques LABBE 1780

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1731 Birth
14 February 1731
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Louise-Charlotte FORTIN and Joseph ARBOUR 29 January 1753, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 21 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.

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.