Marie-Barbe FOURNIER

(b. 25 February 1728 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 27 September 1795 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Barbe FOURNIER was born 25 February 1728 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marie-Barbe FOURNIER was the child of Francois FOURNIER and Elisabeth BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURNIER and Barbe GIRARD (maternal) Louis BELANGER and Marguerite LEFRANCOIS

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Marie-Barbe married Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON 4 November 1748 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON was born 20 May 1724 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-Baptiste-Regis died 26 April 1794 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-Baptiste-Regis was the child of Joseph CARON and Marie-Madeleine BERNIER.

Marie-Barbe FOURNIER died 27 September 1795 in L'Islet, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Barbe FOURNIER

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Marie-Barbe FOURNIER married

Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON-- Date: 4 November 1748 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON was the child of Joseph CARON and Marie-Madeleine BERNIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON and Marie-Barbe FOURNIER:

Marie-Louise CARON (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 May 1811, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Michel BELANGER 2 July 1776 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Marie CARON (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 December 1830, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Marthe FORTIN 4 November 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Josephte CARON (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 April 1828, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie BELANGER 19 August 1783 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1728 Birth
25 February 1728
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Barbe FOURNIER and Jean-Baptiste-Regis CARON 4 November 1748, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 20 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.

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise CARON married 2 July 1776, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Michel BELANGER

1783 Marriage of Child
Josephte CARON married 19 August 1783, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Joseph-Marie BELANGER

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie CARON married 4 November 1783, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marthe FORTIN

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)