Joseph-Marie FOURNIER

(b. 3 October 1732 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1812 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie FOURNIER was born 3 October 1732 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie FOURNIER was the child of Joseph FOURNIER and Marguerite LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FOURNIER and Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY (maternal) Jean-François LANGLOIS and Charlotte DAVAUX (DAVEAU)

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

Joseph-Marie married Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND 28 January 1754 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND was born 2 February 1737 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Elisabeth-Ursule died 20 January 1820 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Elisabeth-Ursule was the child of Francois DURAND and Louise LANGELIER.

Joseph-Marie FOURNIER died 1 August 1812 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Joseph-Marie FOURNIER married

Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND-- Date: 28 January 1754 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND was the child of Francois DURAND and Louise LANGELIER

Children of Joseph-Marie FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND:

Theotiste FOURNIER (b.25 October 1760, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada d. 26 September 1843, La Pocatière, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 20 October 1783 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1732 Birth
3 October 1732
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Ursule DURAND 28 January 1754, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 21 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Theotiste FOURNIER was born 25 October 1760, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Marie was 28 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Theotiste FOURNIER married 20 October 1783, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Jean-Baptiste OUELLET

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)