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flag female ancestor  Marguerite  BOUCHARD

Died
13 December 1860 Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East
Marguerite  married  Prisque FORTIN 26 January 1802 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prisque FORTIN  was born 11 May 1772 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada .  Prisque died 12 September 1844 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .  Prisque was the child of Francois FORTIN and Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE .

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Marguerite  married  Prisque FORTIN 26 January 1802 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Prisque FORTIN  was born 11 May 1772 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada .  Prisque died 12 September 1844 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East .  Prisque was the child of Francois FORTIN and Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE.

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite BOUCHARD

Marguerite BOUCHARD married flag male ancestor Prisque FORTIN
Marriage date: 26 January 1802
Marriage place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Prisque FORTIN was the child of Francois FORTIN and Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE



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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

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BirthBirth — 1783
13 June 1783
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
News1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
marriage1802 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BOUCHARD and Prisque FORTIN 26 January 1802, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 18 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1819 Birth of Child
George-Turias FORTIN was born 18 May 1819, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marguerite was 35 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1843 Marriage of Child
George-Turias FORTIN married 27 February 1843, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East to Marie-Flavie GAGNE
1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Prisque FORTIN died 12 September 1844, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
DeathDeath — 1860
13 December 1860
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada East
She died at the age of 77.
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