Louis-Marie FORTIN

(b. abt. 1700 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 June 1790 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Marie FORTIN was born abt. 1700 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis-Marie FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Agnes CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) Jean CLOUTIER (CLOUSTIER) and Marie-Josephe-Anne MARTIN

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

Louis-Marie married Marguerite LEBLOND 22 July 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite LEBLOND was born 25 July 1708 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 6 March 1790 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Martin LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) and Anne-Françoise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE).

Louis-Marie FORTIN died 23 June 1790 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Leblond Marguerite

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Occupation

Louis-Marie FORTIN was a Capitaine de milice.

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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Louis-Marie FORTIN married

Marguerite LEBLOND-- Date: 22 July 1728 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marguerite LEBLOND was the child of Martin LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) and Anne-Françoise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Children of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Marguerite LEBLOND:

Marie-Anne FORTIN (b.13 April 1743, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1825, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE 30 January 1758 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Ignace FORTIN (b.9 December 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1820, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine BLAIS 3 February 1777 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Marie FORTIN and Marguerite LEBLOND 22 July 1728, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FORTIN was born 13 April 1743, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1749 Birth of Child
Ignace FORTIN was born 9 December 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FORTIN married 30 January 1758, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE

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.