Antoine FORTIN

(b. 14 September 1809 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 23 March 1885 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine FORTIN was born 14 September 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Antoine FORTIN was the child of Michel FORTIN and Agnès SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORTIN and Angélique TREMBLAY (maternal) François SIMARD and Marie-Charlotte TREMBLAY

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

Antoine married Judith MENARD 7 February 1831 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith MENARD was born 16 December 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Judith died 2 January 1883 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Judith was the child of Jacques MENARD and Marie LAVOIE.

Antoine FORTIN died 23 March 1885 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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 Antoine FORTIN

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Antoine FORTIN married

Judith MENARD-- Date: 7 February 1831 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Judith MENARD was the child of Jacques MENARD and Marie LAVOIE

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Children of Antoine FORTIN and Judith MENARD:

Mathilde FORTIN (b.9 July 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 22 October 1900, Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada)
m. Augustin DORÉ 8 October 1850 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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1809 Birth
14 September 1809
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Antoine FORTIN and Judith MENARD 7 February 1831, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Mathilde FORTIN was born 9 July 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 22 years old.

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

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Mathilde FORTIN married 8 October 1850, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Augustin DORÉ

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.