Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

Born

3 June 1729 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

22 December 1807 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

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Born: 3 June 1729 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Parents of Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

Father

Antoine FONTAINE

Mother

Angélique GODBOUT

Grandparents of Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

Paternal grandparents

Étienne FONTAINE Marie CONILLE

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas GODBOUT Marguerite-Angélique LEMELIN

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

Marguerite-Angélique married Claude-Marie FORTIER 4 November 1749 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude-Marie FORTIER was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada. Claude-Marie died 2 April 1802 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada . Claude-Marie was the child of Antoine FORTIER and Madeleine NOEL.

Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE died 22 December 1807 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE married

Claude-Marie FORTIER
Marriage date: 4 November 1749
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Claude-Marie FORTIER was the child of Antoine FORTIER and Madeleine NOEL

Children of Claude-Marie FORTIER and Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

Claude-Marie FORTIER

Born: 27 July 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Angélique VANDAL 8 February 1773 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Birth — 1729
3 June 1729
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE and Claude-Marie FORTIER 4 November 1749, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Claude-Marie FORTIER was born 27 July 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite-Angélique was 21 years old.

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Claude-Marie FORTIER married 8 February 1773, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Angélique VANDAL

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.