Josephte PELLETIER

(b. 1 October 1764 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 May 1834 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada )

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Josephte PELLETIER was born 1 October 1764 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Anne-Josephte CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Bernard PELLETIER and Marie-Marthe BRISSON (maternal) Louis CARON and Françoise GAGNON

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

Josephte married Charles-François FORTIN 5 July 1785 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles-François FORTIN was born 29 April 1763 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Charles-François died 10 June 1845 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Charles-François was the child of Charles-Francois FORTIN and Madeleine PAIN dite LANGLOIS.

Josephte PELLETIER died 23 May 1834 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Josephte PELLETIER married

Charles-François FORTIN-- Date: 5 July 1785 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles-François FORTIN was the child of Charles-Francois FORTIN and Madeleine PAIN dite LANGLOIS

Children of Charles-François FORTIN and Josephte PELLETIER:

Edouard FORTIN (b.20 January 1793, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 2 March 1879, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada)
m. Geneviève LANGELIER 9 April 1815 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Firmin FORTIN (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 July 1864, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Marie-Julie BERNIER 7 April 1818 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1764 Birth
1 October 1764
La Pocatière, 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PELLETIER and Charles-François FORTIN 5 July 1785, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 20 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
Edouard FORTIN was born 20 January 1793, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 28 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Edouard FORTIN married 9 April 1815, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Geneviève LANGELIER

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Firmin FORTIN married 7 April 1818, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marie-Julie BERNIER

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England