Marie-Ursule FORTIN

(b. 3 May 1736 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1805 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Ursule FORTIN was born 3 May 1736 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Ursule FORTIN was the child of Louis FORTIN and Marie-Françoise BLANCHET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER (maternal) Guillaume BLANCHET and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

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

Marie-Ursule married Joseph-Augustin RICHARD 24 April 1769 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Augustin RICHARD was born 12 March 1747 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Joseph-Augustin died 10 December 1775 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Joseph-Augustin was the child of Joseph-Augustin RICHARD and Marie-Reine CLOUTIER.

Marie-Ursule FORTIN died 3 December 1805 in Nicolet, 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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Marie-Ursule FORTIN married

Joseph-Augustin RICHARD-- Date: 24 April 1769 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Augustin RICHARD was the child of Joseph-Augustin RICHARD and Marie-Reine CLOUTIER

Children of Joseph-Augustin RICHARD and Marie-Ursule FORTIN:

Joseph RICHARD (b.24 April 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite BIBEAU 11 November 1793 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1736 Birth
3 May 1736
Cap-St-Ignace, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Ursule FORTIN and Joseph-Augustin RICHARD 24 April 1769, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 32 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Joseph RICHARD was born 24 April 1773, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Ursule was 37 years old.

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Augustin RICHARD died 10 December 1775, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.