Marie-Josephte FORTIER

(b. 29 May 1728 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 18 February 1767 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte FORTIER was born 29 May 1728 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte FORTIER was the child of Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Georges PLANTE and Marguerite CRÉPEAU

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Marie-Josephte married Basile GOSSELIN 12 February 1748 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Basile GOSSELIN was born 21 March 1725 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Basile died 4 February 1810 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Basile was the child of Guillaume GOSSELIN and Geneviève GRAVEL.

Marie-Josephte FORTIER died 18 February 1767 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Josephte FORTIER married

Basile GOSSELIN-- Date: 12 February 1748 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Basile GOSSELIN was the child of Guillaume GOSSELIN and Geneviève GRAVEL

Children of Basile GOSSELIN and Marie-Josephte FORTIER:

Ignace GOSSELIN (b.27 March 1752, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. abt. 1795, )
m. Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL 26 January 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Michel GOSSELIN (b.12 July 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 May 1815, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) 9 January 1792 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1728 Birth
29 May 1728
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte FORTIER and Basile GOSSELIN 12 February 1748, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 19 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Ignace GOSSELIN was born 27 March 1752, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.

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.