Bernard FORTIN

(b. 24 December 1790 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 December 1870 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

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Bernard FORTIN was born 24 December 1790 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Bernard FORTIN was the child of Jean-François FORTIN and Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORTIN and Angélique TREMBLAY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOILY and Ursule DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE

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

Bernard married Marie-Antoinette POTVIN 3 March 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Antoinette POTVIN was born 14 April 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Antoinette died 23 December 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Antoinette was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD.

Bernard FORTIN died 6 December 1870 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Bernard FORTIN

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Bernard FORTIN married

Marie-Antoinette POTVIN-- Date: 3 March 1813 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Marie-Antoinette POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD

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Children of Bernard FORTIN and Marie-Antoinette POTVIN:

Zeronie FORTIN (b.16 June 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 11 December 1874, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )
m. Marcel TREMBLAY 11 November 1834 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Mathilde FORTIN (b.18 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 13 January 1914, Ste-Hedwidge, Lac-St-Jean-Ouest, Quebec, Canada)
m. Noel BOUCHARD 12 January 1847 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1790 Birth
24 December 1790
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Bernard FORTIN and Marie-Antoinette POTVIN 3 March 1813, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 22 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Zeronie FORTIN was born 16 June 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Bernard was 23 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Mathilde FORTIN was born 18 April 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Bernard was 36 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Zeronie FORTIN married 11 November 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marcel TREMBLAY

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

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Antoinette POTVIN died 23 December 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Mathilde FORTIN married 12 January 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Noel BOUCHARD

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

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.