Pierre-Basile FOURNIER

(b. 9 August 1748 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1811 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Basile FOURNIER was born 9 August 1748 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Pierre-Basile FOURNIER was the child of Pierre-Basile FOURNIER and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD (maternal) Louis LANGLOIS and Françoise-Gabrielle DENEAU (DENIAU)

Pierre-Basile had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Pierre-Basile married Marie-Louise SIMONEAU 13 February 1775 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Louise SIMONEAU was born 4 January 1758 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Louise died 17 June 1837 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles SIMONEAU and Marie-Marguerite VERMET.

Pierre-Basile FOURNIER died 26 April 1811 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .

m. Simoneau Marie-Louise

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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.
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Pierre-Basile FOURNIER married

Marie-Louise SIMONEAU-- Date: 13 February 1775 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise SIMONEAU was the child of Charles SIMONEAU and Marie-Marguerite VERMET

Children of Pierre-Basile FOURNIER and Marie-Louise SIMONEAU:

Augustin FOURNIER (b.3 April 1779, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Abraham FOURNIER (b.12 April 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 March 1865, Henryville, Canada East )
m. Angélique FONTAINE 1809 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Reine FOURNIER (b.11 April 1785, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER (b.30 March 1789, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1865, Montmagny, Canada East )

Antoine FOURNIER (b.13 June 1793, Montmagny, Lower Canada d. , )

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1748 Birth
9 August 1748
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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Basile FOURNIER and Marie-Louise SIMONEAU 13 February 1775, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 26 years old.

Revolutionary War
FOURNIER, Basile. St-Thomas-Montmagny. Fought for the Americans winter 1775-76 (BTW)
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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.

1779 Birth of Child
Augustin FOURNIER was born 3 April 1779, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Basile was 30 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Abraham FOURNIER was born 12 April 1783, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Basile was 34 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine FOURNIER was born 11 April 1785, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre-Basile was 36 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER was born 30 March 1789, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre-Basile was 40 years old.

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

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

1793 Birth of Child
Antoine FOURNIER was born 13 June 1793, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre-Basile was 44 years old.

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