Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

(b. 17 October 1787 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 May 1856 , La Baie, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 17 October 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Josephte COTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORTIN and Angélique TREMBLAY (maternal) Joseph COTE and Dorothee TREMBLAY

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

Jean-Baptiste married Angele BOUCHARD 13 October 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angele BOUCHARD was born 12 January 1796 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Angele died 4 June 1883 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Angele was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne FORTIN.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN died 27 May 1856 in La Baie, 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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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married

Angele BOUCHARD-- Date: 13 October 1812 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Angele BOUCHARD was the child of Louis BOUCHARD and Marie-Anne FORTIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Angele BOUCHARD:

Antoinette FORTIN (b.15 August 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 7 May 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Guillaume TREMBLAY 28 July 1840 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Angele FORTIN (b.11 January 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 22 December 1902, Laterrière, Québec, Canada)
m. Jules TREMBLAY 1 February 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Anne FORTIN (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Theophile GAUTHIER 12 February 1855 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1787 Birth
17 October 1787
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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Angele BOUCHARD 13 October 1812, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Antoinette FORTIN was born 15 August 1814, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 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 Birth of Child
Angele FORTIN was born 11 January 1820, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Antoinette FORTIN married 28 July 1840, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Guillaume TREMBLAY

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Angele FORTIN married 1 February 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Jules TREMBLAY

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)

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Anne FORTIN married 12 February 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Theophile GAUTHIER