Marie-Josephe FORTIER

(b. 13 April 1732 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1807 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe FORTIER was born 13 April 1732 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe FORTIER was the child of Guillaume FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS

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Marie-Josephe married Jean-François POULIOT 6 August 1753 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-François POULIOT was born 23 June 1726 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jean-François died 17 January 1794 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Jean-François was the child of Jean POULIOT and Anne DENIS dite LAPIERRE.

Marie-Josephe FORTIER died 4 April 1807 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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Marie-Josephe FORTIER married

Jean-François POULIOT-- Date: 6 August 1753 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Jean-François POULIOT was the child of Jean POULIOT and Anne DENIS dite LAPIERRE

Children of Jean-François POULIOT and Marie-Josephe FORTIER:

Jean-Baptiste POULIOT (b.13 June 1756, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 26 February 1842, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East )
m. Madeleine LETOURNEAU 16 January 1786 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1732 Birth
13 April 1732
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe FORTIER and Jean-François POULIOT 6 August 1753, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 21 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POULIOT was born 13 June 1756, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Josephe was 24 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.