Joseph FORTIER

(b. 24 May 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 3 July 1813 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Joseph FORTIER was born 24 May 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph FORTIER was the child of Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Georges PLANTE and Marguerite CRÉPEAU

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne RACINE 14 November 1757 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne RACINE was born 15 September 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste RACINE and Marie-Anne BOLDUC.

Joseph FORTIER died 3 July 1813 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Joseph FORTIER married

Marie-Anne RACINE-- Date: 14 November 1757 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne RACINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste RACINE and Marie-Anne BOLDUC

Children of Joseph FORTIER and Marie-Anne RACINE:

Marie-Anne FORTIER (b.31 October 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. 5 April 1797, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Philippe RICHARD 24 January 1785 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1722 Birth
24 May 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FORTIER and Marie-Anne RACINE 14 November 1757 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 35 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne FORTIER was born 31 October 1760, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 years old.

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.