Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ

(b. 5 April 1758 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1806 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ was born 5 April 1758 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ was the child of Joseph BARABÉ and Marguerite LAMY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BARABÉ and Thérèse BOUVIER (maternal) Etienne LAMY and Marguerite BLAIS

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Marie-Charlotte married Charles FORTIER 19 July 1773 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles FORTIER was born 13 February 1746 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Charles was the child of Charles FORTIER and Geneviève NOEL.

Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ died 11 August 1806 in Yamachiche, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ married

Charles FORTIER-- Date: 19 July 1773 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles FORTIER was the child of Charles FORTIER and Geneviève NOEL

Children of Charles FORTIER and Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ:

Marie-Josephte FORTIER (b.1 August 1785, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 October 1862 , Saint-Guillaume, Canada East )
m. Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER 16 May 1803 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1758 Birth
5 April 1758
Yamachiche, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte BARABÉ and Charles FORTIER 19 July 1773 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 15 years old.

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)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte FORTIER was born 1 August 1785, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Marie-Charlotte was 27 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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte FORTIER married 16 May 1803, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER