Jean FORTIN

Born

11 May 1797 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

16 July 1876 , Roberval, Québec, Canada

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Joseph FORTIN Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY

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Born: 11 May 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph FORTIN

Mother: Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier FORTIN , Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Charles TREMBLAY , Felicite DUCHESNE

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

Jean married Ide BOIVIN 23 October 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ide BOIVIN was born 6 November 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Ide died 10 July 1872 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean). Ide was the child of Jean BOIVIN and Geneviève DORVAL.

Jean FORTIN died 16 July 1876 in Roberval, Québec, Canada .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Jean FORTIN

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Jean FORTIN married

Ide BOIVIN
Marriage date: 23 October 1827
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Ide BOIVIN was the child of Jean BOIVIN and Geneviève DORVAL

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Children of Jean FORTIN and Ide BOIVIN

Ide FORTIN

Born: 27 December 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 28 March 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Alphonse BOILY 18 February 1851 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1797
11 May 1797
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Jean FORTIN and Ide BOIVIN 23 October 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 30 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Ide FORTIN was born 27 December 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 31 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Ide FORTIN married 18 February 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Alphonse BOILY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - 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.

1867 Death of Child
Ide FORTIN died 28 March 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean was 69 years old.