Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

(b. 26 April 1799 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 July 1877 , Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 26 April 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was the child of Alexis FORTIN and Marie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie FORTIN and Elisabeth BANVILLE (maternal) François TREMBLAY and Felicite BOULIANNE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Theotiste BOIVIN 17 August 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Theotiste BOIVIN was born 24 November 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Theotiste died 28 December 1894 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Theotiste was the child of Denis BOIVIN and Quirille GRENON.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN died 8 July 1877 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married

Theotiste BOIVIN-- Date: 17 August 1824 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Theotiste BOIVIN was the child of Denis BOIVIN and Quirille GRENON

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Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Theotiste BOIVIN:

Marie-Quirille FORTIN (b.20 November 1831, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 8 October 1861, Laterrière, Canada East)
m. Guillaume TREMBLAY 27 November 1860 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Henriette FORTIN (b.10 May 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East d. , )
m. Diomede TREMBLAY 14 February 1871 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1799 Birth
26 April 1799
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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Theotiste BOIVIN 17 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marie-Quirille FORTIN was born 20 November 1831, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Henriette FORTIN was born 10 May 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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)

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Marie-Quirille FORTIN married 27 November 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Guillaume TREMBLAY

1861 Death of Child
Marie-Quirille FORTIN died 8 October 1861, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 62 years old.

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.