Guillaume FOURNIER

(b. 27 May 1741 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1797 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Guillaume FOURNIER was born 27 May 1741 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Guillaume FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marie-Marguerite JOUANNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD (maternal) Marc JOUANNE and Marie-Anne PLANTE

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

Guillaume married Marie-Exupere REMILLARD 10 November 1766 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Exupere REMILLARD was born 19 June 1742 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Exupere died 24 January 1813 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Exupere was the child of François REMILLARD and Marie-Françoise ELIE dite BRETON.

Guillaume FOURNIER died 15 May 1797 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Guillaume FOURNIER married

Marie-Exupere REMILLARD-- Date: 10 November 1766 Place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Exupere REMILLARD was the child of François REMILLARD and Marie-Françoise ELIE dite BRETON

Children of Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Exupere REMILLARD:

Guillaume FOURNIER (b.1 September 1767, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 November 1797, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Rose DARAGON dite LAFRANCE 7 January 1794 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Thérèse FOURNIER (b.9 August 1781, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 August 1812, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste GAUCHER dit FORCIER 25 November 1805 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
27 May 1741
Montmagny, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Exupere REMILLARD 10 November 1766, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Guillaume FOURNIER was born 1 September 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 26 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Thérèse FOURNIER was born 9 August 1781, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 40 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Guillaume FOURNIER married 7 January 1794, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie-Rose DARAGON dite LAFRANCE