Pierre-Basile FORTIER

(b. 5 January 1749 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1798 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Basile FORTIER was born 5 January 1749 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Pierre-Basile FORTIER was the child of Jean-Francois FORTIER and Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine RUEL (maternal) Jacques TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Marguerite-Angelique MEUNIER

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

Pierre-Basile married Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 20 February 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was born 23 March 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 5 April 1815 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Geneviève was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Geneviève LÉTOURNEAU.

Pierre-Basile FORTIER died 14 February 1798 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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-Basile FORTIER married

Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ-- Date: 20 February 1775 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Geneviève LÉTOURNEAU

Children of Pierre-Basile FORTIER and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ:

Pelagie FORTIER (b.14 October 1782, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 September 1845, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )
m. David MARTINEAU dit LORMIER 1 June 1804 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1749 Birth
5 January 1749
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Basile FORTIER and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 20 February 1775, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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.