Marie-Reine FOURNIER

(b. 5 September 1736 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1792 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Reine FOURNIER was born 5 September 1736 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Reine FOURNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FOURNIER and Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY (maternal) Charles DUMAS and Françoise-Marthe RONDEAU

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

Marie-Reine married Michel COUTURE 22 February 1757 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel COUTURE was born 7 April 1732 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Michel died 14 April 1801 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Michel was the child of Jean-Baptise COUTURE and Marguerite-Charlotte SEDILOT.

Marie-Reine FOURNIER died 24 September 1792 in Lauzon, Lévis, 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-Reine FOURNIER married

Michel COUTURE-- Date: 22 February 1757 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Michel COUTURE was the child of Jean-Baptise COUTURE and Marguerite-Charlotte SEDILOT

Children of Michel COUTURE and Marie-Reine FOURNIER:

François COUTURE (b.6 September 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 29 October 1833, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite PERRAULT 19 November 1792 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1736 Birth
5 September 1736
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Reine FOURNIER and Michel COUTURE 22 February 1757, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François COUTURE was born 6 September 1762, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Reine was 26 years old.

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.