Claude FORTIN

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abt. 1717 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

5 May 1799 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN Louise GUIMOND

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Born: abt. 1717 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Mother: Louise GUIMOND

Paternal grandparents: Charles FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE , Xainte CLOUTIER

Maternal grandparents: Claude GUIMOND , Anne ROY

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Claude married Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was born 14 August 1724 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne died 23 September 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN.

Claude FORTIN died 5 May 1799 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Recorded occupation: Meunier

The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca

Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude

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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Spouse & Children of Claude FORTIN

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Claude FORTIN married

Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT
Marriage date: abt. 1745
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN

Children of Claude FORTIN and Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Born: 31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France
Died: 19 May 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Josephte FONTAINE 16 August 1780 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Marguerite FORTIN

Born: 17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 16 December 1809, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques-Francois NORMAND 2 November 1776 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1749 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN was born 17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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.

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN married 2 November 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jacques-Francois NORMAND

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married 16 August 1780, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Josephte FONTAINE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)