flag male ancestor  Jerome  FORTIN

  (b. 20 April 1801 Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 21 January 1880 Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )  

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Jerome FORTIN was born 20 April 1801 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Jerome FORTIN was the child of Jacques FORTIN   and   Judith TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal)  François FORTIN and Geneviève OTIS dite LANGLAIS (maternal)  François TREMBLAY and Felicite BOULIANNE

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Jerome  married  Marie-Luce GIRARD 9 January 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Luce GIRARD  was born 6 May 1807 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Marie-Luce died 31 May 1879 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre).  Marie-Luce was the child of Elie-Elisee GIRARD and Marie-Thérèse TREMBLAY.

Jerome FORTIN died 21 January 1880 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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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birth1801 Birth
20 April 1801
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
marriage1827 Marriage / Partner
Jerome FORTIN and Marie-Luce GIRARD 9 January 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1832 Birth of Child
Dina FORTIN was born 29 November 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Jerome was 31 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1858 Marriage of Child
Dina FORTIN married 15 February 1858, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Severin TREMBLAY
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1871 Death of Child
Edith FORTIN died 26 May 1871, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Jerome was 70 years old.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Luce GIRARD died 31 May 1879, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)
death1880 Death
21 January 1880
Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.
Added: 1/21/2024 11:26:47 PM - Updated: 9/13/2024 6:03:22 PM

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