Ignace FORTIN

(b. 9 December 1749 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1820 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Ignace FORTIN was born 9 December 1749 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Ignace FORTIN was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Marguerite LEBLOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORTIN and Agnes CLOUTIER (maternal) Martin LEBLONDE (LEBLOND) and Anne-Françoise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Ignace had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Ignace married Madeleine BLAIS 3 February 1777 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine BLAIS was born 2 July 1746 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier). Madeleine was the child of Louis BLAIS and Marie-Anne MERCIER.

Ignace FORTIN died 30 December 1820 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Madeleine BLAIS-- Date: 3 February 1777 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine BLAIS was the child of Louis BLAIS and Marie-Anne MERCIER

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1749 Birth
9 December 1749
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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 - 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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Ignace FORTIN and Madeleine BLAIS 3 February 1777, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

He was 27 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)

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

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.