Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

(b. 27 February 1756 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1786 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was born 27 February 1756 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was the child of Pierre-Noël FORTIER and Geneviève PAULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Noël FORTIER and Anne LECLERC (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PAULET and Marie-Josephe ROY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Josephte ROGNON 8 February 1779 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte ROGNON was born 9 February 1751 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 10 February 1829 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Louis ROGNON and Josephte CROTEAU.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER died 31 March 1786 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Rognon Josephte

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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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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER married

Josephte ROGNON-- Date: 8 February 1779 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte ROGNON was the child of Louis ROGNON and Josephte CROTEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Josephte ROGNON:

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER (b.19 December 1779, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 February 1849, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East)
m. Elisabeth BEDARD 2 September 1804 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

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1756 Birth
27 February 1756
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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.