Jacques
FORTIN
Born
15 April 1795
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died
28 October 1887
,
Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Jacques FORTIN was born 15 April 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal) Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Victoire-Desanges LAVOIESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques married Louise BOUCHARD 2 September 1823 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise BOUCHARD was born 1 November 1795 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Louise died 18 March 1869 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Louise was the child of Pierre-Joseph BOUCHARD and Ursule TREMBLAY.
Jacques FORTIN died 28 October 1887 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Jacques FORTIN was a 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
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History
Jacques FORTIN was a 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
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 changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Jacques FORTIN
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Louise BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 September 1823 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
See marriage record for Jacques FORTIN and Louise BOUCHARD
Louise BOUCHARD was the child of Pierre-Joseph BOUCHARD and Ursule TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Louise BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 September 1823 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada See marriage record for Jacques FORTIN and Louise BOUCHARDLouise BOUCHARD was the child of Pierre-Joseph BOUCHARD and Ursule TREMBLAY
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jacques FORTIN and Louise BOUCHARD
Marcelline FORTIN (b.16 April 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 10 July 1860, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )m. Abel TREMBLAY 10 February 1846 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
m. Magloire GAUTHIER 14 October 1851 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
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1795 Birth 15 April 1795
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
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
1823 Marriage / PartnerJacques FORTIN and Louise BOUCHARD 2 September 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
He was 28 years old.
1828 Birth of ChildMarcelline FORTIN was born 16 April 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)
Jacques was 33 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1846 Marriage of ChildMarcelline FORTIN married 10 February 1846, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Abel TREMBLAY
1851 Marriage of ChildMarcelline FORTIN married 14 October 1851, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Magloire GAUTHIER
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Death of ChildMarcelline FORTIN died 10 July 1860, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
Jacques was 65 years old.
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 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1869 Death of Spouse/PartnerLouise BOUCHARD died 18 March 1869, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 Death 28 October 1887
Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 92.
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