Francois FORTIN

Born

5 September 1787 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 February 1856 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Jean-François FORTIN Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY

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Born: 5 September 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-François FORTIN

Mother: Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FORTIN , Angélique TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BOILY , Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE

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Francois married Therese GRENON 22 August 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese GRENON was born 24 September 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Therese died 6 May 1880 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Therese was the child of Henri GRENON and Therese-Dorothee GUAY.

Francois FORTIN died 21 February 1856 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Francois FORTIN married

Therese GRENON
Marriage date: 22 August 1820
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Therese GRENON was the child of Henri GRENON and Therese-Dorothee GUAY

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Children of Francois FORTIN and Therese GRENON

Caroline FORTIN

Born: 30 October 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel PERRON 12 April 1842 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1787
5 September 1787
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Francois FORTIN and Therese GRENON 22 August 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 32 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Caroline FORTIN was born 30 October 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 40 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Caroline FORTIN married 12 April 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Michel PERRON

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.