Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Born

17 October 1787 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 May 1856 , La Baie, Canada East

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

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Born: 17 October 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Father

Joseph FORTIN

Mother

Josephte COTE

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Paternal grandparents

Jacques FORTIN Angélique TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Joseph COTE Dorothee TREMBLAY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Angele BOUCHARD 13 October 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angele BOUCHARD was born 12 January 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Angele died 4 June 1883 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Angele was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne FORTIN.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN died 27 May 1856 in La Baie, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married

Angele BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 13 October 1812
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Angele BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne FORTIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Angele BOUCHARD

Antoinette FORTIN

Born: 15 August 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 7 May 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Married: Guillaume TREMBLAY 28 July 1840 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Angele FORTIN

Born: 11 January 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 22 December 1902, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Married: Jules TREMBLAY 1 February 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Anne FORTIN

Born: abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theophile GAUTHIER 12 February 1855 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1787
17 October 1787
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Angele BOUCHARD 13 October 1812, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Antoinette FORTIN was born 15 August 1814, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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 Birth of Child
Angele FORTIN was born 11 January 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England