Jacques FORTIN

(b. 15 April 1795 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 28 October 1887 , Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada )

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Jacques FORTIN was born 15 April 1795 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jacques FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Julienne SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal) Joseph SIMARD and Marie-Victoire-Desanges LAVOIE

Spouse(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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Occupation

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

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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 Jacques FORTIN

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Jacques FORTIN married

Louise BOUCHARD-- Date: 2 September 1823 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Louise BOUCHARD was the child of Pierre-Joseph BOUCHARD and Ursule TREMBLAY

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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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jacques FORTIN and Louise BOUCHARD 2 September 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 28 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Marcelline FORTIN was born 16 April 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jacques was 33 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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Marcelline FORTIN married 10 February 1846, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Abel TREMBLAY

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

1851 Marriage of Child
Marcelline 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 - 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 Death of Child
Marcelline FORTIN died 10 July 1860, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Jacques was 65 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.