Guillaume FORTIER

(b. 11 August 1750 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1839 , Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )

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Guillaume FORTIER was born 11 August 1750 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Guillaume FORTIER was the child of Guillaume FORTIER and Marguerite THERRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine DUMAS (maternal) Barthelemy THERRIEN and Marguerite FONTAINE

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

Guillaume married Angelique MERCIER 25 November 1782 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique MERCIER was born 19 June 1762 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Angelique was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS.

Guillaume FORTIER died 2 June 1839 in Saint-Timothée, 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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Guillaume FORTIER married

Angelique MERCIER-- Date: 25 November 1782 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique MERCIER was the child of Pierre-Simon MERCIER and Marguerite GUILLET dite ST-MARS

Children of Guillaume FORTIER and Angelique MERCIER:

Guillaume FORTIER (b.abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 December 1830, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine TREMBLAY 9 January 1810 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1750 Birth
11 August 1750
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume FORTIER and Angelique MERCIER 25 November 1782, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 32 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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Guillaume FORTIER married 9 January 1810, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Catherine TREMBLAY

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)