Marguerite GRENON

(b. 26 August 1800 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 5 November 1864 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )

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Marguerite GRENON was born 26 August 1800 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marguerite GRENON was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENON and Helene TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GRENON and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE (maternal) Louis TREMBLAY and Juste-Luce-Therese FORTIN

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Marguerite married Michel FORTIN 4 November 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel FORTIN was born 14 June 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Michel died 22 October 1860 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Michel was the child of Michel FORTIN and Agnès SIMARD.

Marguerite GRENON died 5 November 1864 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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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Marguerite GRENON married

Michel FORTIN-- Date: 4 November 1817 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Michel FORTIN was the child of Michel FORTIN and Agnès SIMARD

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Children of Michel FORTIN and Marguerite GRENON:

Mars FORTIN (b.11 January 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Cesarie TREMBLAY 23 August 1842 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Caroline FORTIN (b.23 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 29 November 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Ambroise TREMBLAY 13 August 1844 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1800 Birth
26 August 1800
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GRENON and Michel FORTIN 4 November 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Mars FORTIN was born 11 January 1819, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 18 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Caroline FORTIN was born 23 August 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 24 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage of Child
Mars FORTIN married 23 August 1842, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Cesarie TREMBLAY

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Marriage of Child
Caroline FORTIN married 13 August 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Ambroise TREMBLAY

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Death of Child
Caroline FORTIN died 29 November 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 49 years old.

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

1858 Death of Child
Mars FORTIN died 19 April 1858, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 57 years old.

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel FORTIN died 22 October 1860, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1864 Death
5 November 1864
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

She died at the age of 64.

Added: 1/23/2024 11:06:46 PM - Updated: 1/2/2025 11:32:14 PM