Abondance FORTIN

Born

22 February 1751 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

9 May 1818 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Julien FORTIN Marie PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)

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Born: 22 February 1751 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Julien FORTIN

Mother: Marie PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre FORTIN , Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

Maternal grandparents: François PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) , Marie Madeleine VRIGNEAU (VRIGNAUD)

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Abondance married Victoire PELLETIER 11 October 1773 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . Victoire PELLETIER was born 14 August 1746 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Victoire died 17 April 1792 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Victoire was the child of François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAU.

Abondance FORTIN died 9 May 1818 in L'Islet, Lower 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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Victoire PELLETIER
Marriage date: 11 October 1773
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Victoire PELLETIER was the child of François PELLETIER and Geneviève MORNEAU

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Birth — 1751
22 February 1751
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Abondance FORTIN and Victoire PELLETIER 11 October 1773, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 22 years old.

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.