Pierre FONTAINE

Born

21 February 1739 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

13 June 1797 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Antoine FONTAINE Angélique GODBOUT

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Born: 21 February 1739 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine FONTAINE

Mother: Angélique GODBOUT

Paternal grandparents: Étienne FONTAINE , Marie CONILLE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas GODBOUT , Marguerite-Angélique LEMELIN

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Pierre married Madeleine DELISLE 18 May 1768 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DELISLE was born 12 August 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Madeleine died 26 September 1829 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Madeleine was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX.

Pierre FONTAINE died 13 June 1797 in Saint-Henri, Lower 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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Pierre FONTAINE married

Madeleine DELISLE
Marriage date: 18 May 1768
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine DELISLE was the child of Louis-Joseph DELISLE and Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX

Children of Pierre FONTAINE and Madeleine DELISLE

Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE

Born: 1 January 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 March 1839, Ste-Claire, Canada

Married: Marguerite MERCIER 30 October 1788 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

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Birth — 1739
21 February 1739
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Pierre FONTAINE and Madeleine DELISLE 18 May 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 29 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE was born 1 January 1768, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Joseph FONTAINE married 30 October 1788, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marguerite MERCIER

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)