Geneviève FORTIN

(b. 16 May 1704 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1760 , Montmagny, Canada )

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Geneviève FORTIN was born 16 May 1704 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Geneviève FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) René CLOUTIER and Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

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

Geneviève married Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX 14 June 1723 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX was born 23 October 1700 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Joseph-Alexis died 22 March 1770 in Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Joseph-Alexis was the child of François LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne PARADIS.

Geneviève FORTIN died 26 April 1760 in Montmagny, 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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Family and Children of Geneviève FORTIN

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Geneviève FORTIN married

Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX-- Date: 14 June 1723 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX was the child of François LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne PARADIS

Children of Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX and Geneviève FORTIN:

Marie-Charlotte LEMIEUX (b.abt. 1724, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 January 1790, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis CARPENTIER 28 June 1754 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine LEMIEUX (b.abt. 1724, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Genevieve LEMIEUX (b.21 May 1726, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1786, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX (b.29 December 1728, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1803, St-Henri, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis-Joseph DELISLE 29 September 1749 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Claire LEMIEUX (b.5 September 1737, Belchertown, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 18 May 1778, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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1704 Birth
16 May 1704
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1723 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève FORTIN and Joseph-Alexis LEMIEUX 14 June 1723 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 19 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Genevieve LEMIEUX was born 21 May 1726, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Geneviève was 22 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX was born 29 December 1728, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Geneviève was 24 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Claire LEMIEUX was born 5 September 1737, Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

Geneviève was 33 years old.

1749 Marriage of Child
Marie-Gertrude LEMIEUX married 29 September 1749, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Louis-Joseph DELISLE

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte LEMIEUX married 28 June 1754 , Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Louis CARPENTIER