Helene FORTIER

Born

abt. 1786 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

18 September 1880 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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Louis FORTIER Marie-Francoise THIVIERGE

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Born: abt. 1786 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Louis FORTIER

Mother: Marie-Francoise THIVIERGE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FORTIER , Thecle PLANTE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste THIVIERGE , Louise-Charlotte CHEVALIER

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Helene married Jacques PLANTE 23 January 1809 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques PLANTE was born 8 April 1776 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Jacques died 28 December 1821 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Jacques was the child of Joseph-Marie PLANTE and Françoise GOSSELIN.

Helene FORTIER died 18 September 1880 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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Helene FORTIER married

Jacques PLANTE
Marriage date: 23 January 1809
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Jacques PLANTE was the child of Joseph-Marie PLANTE and Françoise GOSSELIN

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Children of Jacques PLANTE and Helene FORTIER

Hermine PLANTE

Born: 30 October 1819, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julien FORTIER 15 October 1839

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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)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Helene FORTIER and Jacques PLANTE 23 January 1809, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Hermine PLANTE was born 30 October 1819, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques PLANTE died 28 December 1821, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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

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)

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

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

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.