Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

(b. 26 July 1711 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1783 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was born 26 July 1711 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine RUEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Clement RUEL and Marguerite LECLERC

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Jean-Baptiste married Thecle PLANTE 16 November 1739 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thecle PLANTE was born 28 August 1718 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Thecle died 14 October 1787 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Thecle was the child of Pierre PLANTE and Angelique HAVARD (AVARE).

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER died 1 November 1783 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER married

Thecle PLANTE-- Date: 16 November 1739 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Thecle PLANTE was the child of Pierre PLANTE and Angelique HAVARD (AVARE)

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Thecle PLANTE:

Joseph FORTIER (b.22 December 1746, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1837, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Elisabeth THIVIERGE 5 February 1776 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Louis FORTIER (b.26 March 1756, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1792, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Francoise THIVIERGE 5 February 1776 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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1711 Birth
26 July 1711
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Thecle PLANTE 16 November 1739, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 28 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Joseph FORTIER was born 22 December 1746, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Louis FORTIER was born 26 March 1756, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Joseph FORTIER married 5 February 1776, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie-Elisabeth THIVIERGE

1776 Marriage of Child
Louis FORTIER married 5 February 1776, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie-Francoise THIVIERGE