Marthe BERNIER

(b. 10 April 1703 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 11 June 1777 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marthe BERNIER was born 10 April 1703 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marthe BERNIER was the child of Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BERNIER and Antoinette GRENIER (GARNIER) (maternal) Guillaume LEMIEUX and Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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

Marthe married Joseph-Eustache FORTIN 20 August 1725 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph-Eustache FORTIN was born 15 November 1701 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Joseph-Eustache died 26 February 1773 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Joseph-Eustache was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER.

Marthe BERNIER died 11 June 1777 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, 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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Marthe BERNIER married

Joseph-Eustache FORTIN-- Date: 20 August 1725 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Joseph-Eustache FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER

Children of Joseph-Eustache FORTIN and Marthe BERNIER:

Joseph-Magloire FORTIN (b.18 September 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Marie-Marthe FORTIN (b.26 October 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Madeleine-Felicite FORTIN (b.3 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Genevieve FORTIN (b.abt. 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE 14 February 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1703 Birth
10 April 1703
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

1725 Marriage / Partner
Marthe BERNIER and Joseph-Eustache FORTIN 20 August 1725, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 22 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Joseph-Magloire FORTIN was born 18 September 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marthe was 24 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Marie-Marthe FORTIN was born 26 October 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marthe was 25 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Felicite FORTIN was born 3 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marthe was 26 years old.

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.

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Eustache FORTIN died 26 February 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

1774 Marriage of Child
Genevieve FORTIN married 14 February 1774, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE

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.