Marcelline FORTIN

Born

10 August 1812 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

2 November 1896 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Joseph FORTIN Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN

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Born: 10 August 1812 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph FORTIN

Mother: Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie FORTIN , Catherine-Felicite SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) , Marie-Luce SIMARD

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

Marcelline married Francois GIRARD 23 April 1833 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois GIRARD was born 10 September 1808 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Francois died 12 July 1852 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of François GIRARD and Josephte GAUTHIER.

Marcelline FORTIN died 2 November 1896 in Jonquière, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marcelline FORTIN married

Francois GIRARD
Marriage date: 23 April 1833
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Francois GIRARD was the child of François GIRARD and Josephte GAUTHIER

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Children of Francois GIRARD and Marcelline FORTIN

Louise GIRARD

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Cleophas TREMBLAY 23 September 1862 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Emilie GIRARD

Born: 8 June 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1920,

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 25 November 1873 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1812
10 August 1812
Québec Province, Canada

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)

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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Marcelline FORTIN and Francois GIRARD 23 April 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Emilie GIRARD was born 8 June 1844, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marcelline was 31 years old.

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.

1852 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois GIRARD died 12 July 1852, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Louise GIRARD married 23 September 1862, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Cleophas TREMBLAY

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.