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flag male ancestor  Francis  FORTUNE

Born
abt. 1788 ,  Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
abt. 1883 ,  Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Francis  married  Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER 23 September 1811 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER  was born 25 July 1792 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Susanna Catherine died 19 December 1860 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Susanna Catherine was the child of John Nicholas BOUTILIER and Anna Barbara Magdalena HIRTLE .
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Father
Francis FORTUNE
Mother
Marthe LEJEUNE

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Maternal grandparents
Joseph Charles LEJEUNE Martine ROY


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Francis  married  Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER 23 September 1811 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER  was born 25 July 1792 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Susanna Catherine died 19 December 1860 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Susanna Catherine was the child of John Nicholas BOUTILIER and Anna Barbara Magdalena HIRTLE.
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Francis FORTUNE married flag female ancestor Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER
Marriage date: 23 September 1811
Marriage place: Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER was the child of John Nicholas BOUTILIER and Anna Barbara Magdalena HIRTLE

Children of Francis FORTUNE and Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER



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News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
Invention 1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)
Invention 1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)
marriage1811 Marriage / Partner
Francis FORTUNE and Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER 23 September 1811, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Invention 1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
News1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER died 19 December 1860, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
News1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
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