Alexis FOURNIER

(b. 29 August 1765 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 September 1838 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Alexis FOURNIER was born 29 August 1765 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis FOURNIER was the child of Thomas FOURNIER and Madeleine-Regis MOREL dite LADURANTAYE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois FOURNIER and Elisabeth BELANGER (maternal) Charles-Alexandre MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marie COUILLARD

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

Alexis married Josephte THIBAULT 3 February 1789 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte THIBAULT was born 28 February 1765 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Josephte died 23 July 1810 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Josephte was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Geneviève-Régis BELANGER.

Alexis FOURNIER died 15 September 1838 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .

m. Joncas Angelique
m. Thibault 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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Alexis FOURNIER married

Josephte THIBAULT-- Date: 3 February 1789 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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Josephte THIBAULT was the child of Louis THIBAULT and Geneviève-Régis BELANGER

Children of Alexis FOURNIER and Josephte THIBAULT:

Josephte FOURNIER (b.abt. 1792, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph BELANGER 13 October 1812 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1765 Birth
29 August 1765
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Alexis FOURNIER and Josephte THIBAULT 3 February 1789, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte THIBAULT died 23 July 1810, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1812 Marriage of Child
Josephte FOURNIER married 13 October 1812, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Joseph BELANGER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England