Venerande FORTIN

(b. 6 February 1815 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1862 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East )

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Venerande FORTIN was born 6 February 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Venerande FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal) Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD

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

Venerande married Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS 14 August 1832 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Simeon died 26 April 1882 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Simeon was the child of Philippe DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Rosalie FOURNIER.

Venerande FORTIN died 18 April 1862 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
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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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Venerande FORTIN married

Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS-- Date: 14 August 1832 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was the child of Philippe DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Rosalie FOURNIER

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Children of Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Venerande FORTIN:

Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS (b.17 May 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 25 November 1898, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Hippolyte SIMARD 21 February 1854 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS (b.28 April 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1916, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Guillaume SIMARD 19 February 1855 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Tatianne DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.12 January 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 20 October 1879, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 5 February 1866 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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1815 Birth
6 February 1815
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Venerande FORTIN and Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS 14 August 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was born 17 May 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Venerande was 18 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was born 28 April 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Venerande was 19 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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Tatianne DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 12 January 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Venerande was 29 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS married 21 February 1854, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Hippolyte SIMARD

1855 Marriage of Child
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS married 19 February 1855, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Guillaume SIMARD

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