flag female ancestor  Marguerite  FORTIN

  (b. 4 July 1803 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 15 September 1877 Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )  

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Marguerite FORTIN was born 4 July 1803 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marguerite FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN   and   Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Marie-Josephe PARÉ (maternal)  Jean Baptiste THIBODEAU and Dorothee VEAU dite SYLVAIN

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Marguerite  married  Joseph-Marie SIMARD 29 January 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie SIMARD  was born 2 March 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Joseph-Marie died 28 March 1874 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Joseph-Marie was the child of Jean-Charles SIMARD and Marie-Anne BOILY.

Marguerite FORTIN died 15 September 1877 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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Marguerite FORTIN married flag male ancestor Joseph-Marie SIMARD-- Date: 29 January 1822 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Joseph-Marie SIMARD was the child of Jean-Charles SIMARD and Marie-Anne BOILY




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birth1803 Birth
4 July 1803
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1822 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite FORTIN and Joseph-Marie SIMARD 29 January 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 years old.
1828 Birth of Child
Olive SIMARD was born 20 May 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 24 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1851 Marriage of Child
Olive SIMARD married 21 January 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Joseph SIMARD
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1868 Death of Child
Olive SIMARD died 8 January 1868, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 64 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1874 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Marie SIMARD died 28 March 1874, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)
death1877 Death
15 September 1877
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 74.
Added: 4/27/2024 2:38:56 PM - Updated: 4/27/2024 2:39:43 PM

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