Marie-Antoinette POTVIN

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14 April 1796 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

23 December 1840 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN Agnes BOUCHARD

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Born: 14 April 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN

Mother: Agnes BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Marie-Luce SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BOUCHARD , Silvie GRENON

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Marie-Antoinette married Bernard FORTIN 3 March 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Bernard FORTIN was born 24 December 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Bernard died 6 December 1870 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Bernard was the child of Jean-François FORTIN and Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY.

Marie-Antoinette POTVIN died 23 December 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .
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Marie-Antoinette POTVIN married

Bernard FORTIN
Marriage date: 3 March 1813
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Bernard FORTIN was the child of Jean-François FORTIN and Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY

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Children of Bernard FORTIN and Marie-Antoinette POTVIN

Zeronie FORTIN

Born: 16 June 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 11 December 1874, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Marcel TREMBLAY 11 November 1834 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Mathilde FORTIN

Born: 18 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 13 January 1914, Ste-Hedwidge, Lac-St-Jean-Ouest, Quebec, Canada

Married: Noel BOUCHARD 12 January 1847 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1796
14 April 1796
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Antoinette POTVIN and Bernard FORTIN 3 March 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 16 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Zeronie FORTIN was born 16 June 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Antoinette was 18 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.

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 Birth of Child
Mathilde FORTIN was born 18 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Antoinette was 31 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Zeronie FORTIN married 11 November 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marcel TREMBLAY

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)