Nicolas LAFONTAINE

(b. 20 July 1744 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1814 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas LAFONTAINE was born 20 July 1744 in Québec, Canada, New France

Nicolas LAFONTAINE was the child of Jacques LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BISSOT and the grandchild of: (maternal) François-Joseph BISSOT and Marie LAMBERT

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

Nicolas married Marie-Françoise COUILLARD 29 January 1781 in Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise COUILLARD was born 25 June 1760 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Françoise was the child of Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Francoise BOILARD.

Nicolas LAFONTAINE died 21 November 1814 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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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Nicolas LAFONTAINE married

Marie-Françoise COUILLARD-- Date: 29 January 1781 Place: Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise COUILLARD was the child of Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Francoise BOILARD

Children of Nicolas LAFONTAINE and Marie-Françoise COUILLARD:

Marie LAFONTAINE (b.16 January 1783, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 March 1859, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis CHABOT 6 November 1804 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
20 July 1744
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas LAFONTAINE and Marie-Françoise COUILLARD 29 January 1781, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 36 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Marie LAFONTAINE was born 16 January 1783, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 38 years old.

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage of Child
Marie LAFONTAINE married 6 November 1804, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Louis CHABOT