Pelagie FORTIN

(b. 19 February 1780 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1830 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Pelagie FORTIN was born 19 February 1780 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Pelagie FORTIN was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY (maternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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

Pelagie married Roch BOIVIN 5 October 1802 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Roch BOIVIN was born 7 March 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Roch died 30 March 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Roch was the child of Felix-Eustache BOIVIN and Madeleine-Ursule LAVOIE.

Pelagie FORTIN died 19 July 1830 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Family and Children of Pelagie FORTIN

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Pelagie FORTIN married

Roch BOIVIN-- Date: 5 October 1802 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Roch BOIVIN was the child of Felix-Eustache BOIVIN and Madeleine-Ursule LAVOIE

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Children of Roch BOIVIN and Pelagie FORTIN:

Rosalie BOIVIN (b.18 July 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 April 1865, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East )
m. Colomban TREMBLAY 8 February 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marine BOIVIN (b.1 November 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 24 November 1874, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada )
m. Archange TREMBLAY 25 November 1834 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1780 Birth
19 February 1780
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie FORTIN and Roch BOIVIN 5 October 1802, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 22 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Rosalie BOIVIN was born 18 July 1803, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pelagie was 23 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marine BOIVIN was born 1 November 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Pelagie was 36 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Rosalie BOIVIN married 8 February 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Colomban TREMBLAY

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England