Eustache FORTIN

(b. 16 February 1745 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 25 August 1830 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Eustache FORTIN was born 16 February 1745 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Eustache FORTIN was the child of Louis FORTIN and Marie-Marthe PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORTIN and Agnes CLOUTIER (maternal) Thomas PLANTE and Marie-Marthe PAILLEREAU

Eustache had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Eustache married Charlotte BERNARD 10 July 1786 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . Charlotte BERNARD was born 1 February 1762 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 30 June 1834 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Jacques BERNARD and Thérèse LEFEBVRE.

Eustache FORTIN died 25 August 1830 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada.

m. Bernard Charlotte

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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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Eustache FORTIN married

Charlotte BERNARD-- Date: 10 July 1786 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte BERNARD was the child of Jacques BERNARD and Thérèse LEFEBVRE

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1745 Birth
16 February 1745
Saint-Vallier, 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.

Revolutionary War
FORTIN, Eustache. St. Vallier. Provided lead for ammunition to the rebels (BTW)
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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.