Étienne  FONTAINE

1659 Birth
24 February 1659
France

Biography
FOUNTAINE - from the Latin 'fontana' which means 'from the source'. Nickname given to someone who lived near a fountain, a water source.

Etienne Fontaine-Defontaine, son of Jacques and Jeanne Colinet, was born in 1659 and is from L'Île-d'Yeu, Vendée, in France. He married Marie Conille, daughter of Pierre and Marie Giton, on February 8, 1683 in Saint-Laurent, Île-d'Orléans. From this union were born 12 children. Arrived in the country around 1683, this boatmaster settled on Île d'Orléans where he cultivated land and worked as a pilot during the time of navigation. Around 1705, he was hired as a captain and pilot to sail for various merchants in Quebec. He died on Île d'Orléans in 1739.
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1683 Marriage / Partner
Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE 8 February 1683, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1683 Birth of Child
Marie FONTAINE was born 10 November 1683, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 24 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Jeanne FONTAINE was born 7 March 1685, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 26 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Étienne FONTAINE was born 17 August 1686, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 27 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Madeleine FONTAINE was born 2 June 1688, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 29 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Geneviève FONTAINE was born 1 August 1690, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 31 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Marguerite FONTAINE was born 28 February 1693, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 34 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Angélique FONTAINE was born 4 May 1696, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 37 years old.

1700 Marriage of Child
Marie FONTAINE married 11 August 1700, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Philippe PAQUET

1700 Birth of Child
Jeanne FONTAINE was born 13 December 1700, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 41 years old.

1703 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FONTAINE married 30 October 1703, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Jean PEPIN dit LACHANCE

1704 Birth of Child
Pierre FONTAINE was born 10 March 1704, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 45 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
Marie-Helene FONTAINE was born 27 May 1706, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 47 years old.

1706 Marriage of Child
Étienne FONTAINE married 16 November 1706, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Anne MINEAU

1708 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FONTAINE married 24 October 1708, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph PEPIN dit LACHANCE

1710 Marriage of Child
Geneviève FONTAINE married 24 November 1710, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Pierre MOREAU dit LAGRANGE

1714 Marriage of Child
Angélique FONTAINE married 26 November 1714, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Jean-François THIVIERGE

1715 Marriage of Child
Étienne FONTAINE married 8 September 1715, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER

1717 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth FONTAINE married 19 July 1717, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Louis FORTIER

1721 Marriage of Child
Jeanne FONTAINE married 17 November 1721, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Gervais PEPIN

1721 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FONTAINE married 29 November 1721, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Barthelemy THERRIEN

1722 Marriage of Child
Pierre FONTAINE married 20 October 1722, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie-Madeleine PEPIN

1724 Death of Child
Marie-Helene FONTAINE died 5 June 1724, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Étienne was 65 years old.

1728 Marriage of Child
Antoine FONTAINE married 19 August 1728, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Angélique GODBOUT

1737 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie CONILLE died 1 July 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

1737 Marriage of Child
Étienne FONTAINE married 19 August 1737, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Marthe DANIAU dite LAPRISE

1738 Marriage of Child
Marie FONTAINE married 10 November 1738, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Louis MARCEAU

1739 Death
22 May 1739
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 80.