Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

(b. 1 June 1708 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1786 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was born 1 June 1708 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was the child of Antoine FORTIER and Madeleine NOEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) François NOEL and Nicole LEGRAND

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Marie-Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND 26 November 1736 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND was born 22 April 1714 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 21 August 1797 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEBLONDE and Marguerite AMAURY dite MORILLE.

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER died 23 April 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada.
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Family and Children of Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER married

Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND-- Date: 26 November 1736 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEBLONDE and Marguerite AMAURY dite MORILLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER:

Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND (b.abt. 1737, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 December 1800, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE 26 January 1761 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1708 Birth
1 June 1708
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
Eglise de St. Jean de L'Ile D'Orleans construite en 1734
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1736 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FORTIER and Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND 26 November 1736, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 28 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEBLOND married 26 January 1761, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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.