Francis FORTUNE

(b. abt. 1788 , Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1883 , Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Francis FORTUNE was born abt. 1788 in Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Francis FORTUNE was the child of Francis FORTUNE and Marthe LEJEUNE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph Charles LEJEUNE and Martine ROY

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Francis married Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER 23 September 1811 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER was born 25 July 1792 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susanna Catherine died 19 December 1860 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Susanna Catherine was the child of John Nicholas BOUTILIER and Anna Barbara Magdalena HIRTLE.

Francis FORTUNE died abt. 1883 in Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Francis FORTUNE married

Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER-- Date: 23 September 1811 Place: Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER was the child of John Nicholas BOUTILIER and Anna Barbara Magdalena HIRTLE

Children of Francis FORTUNE and Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER:

Ann FORTUNE (b.abt. 1814, Little Bras dOr, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada d. , )
m. John YOUNG (LEJEUNE) 21 April 1833

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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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Francis FORTUNE and Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER 23 September 1811, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Susanna Catherine BOUTILIER died 19 December 1860, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.