Jean-Francois
FORTIER
(b.
12 December 1786
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
22 February 1866
,
St-Sylvestre, Canada
)
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Jean-Francois FORTIER was born 12 December 1786 in Québec Province, Canada
Jean-Francois FORTIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marguerite PARADIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Francois FORTIER and Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS (maternal) Louis PARADIS and Marguerite DEMERSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Francois married Marie MORIN 28 July 1818 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MORIN was born 24 March 1794 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie died 10 March 1847 in St-Sylvestre, Canada. Marie was the child of Joachim MORIN and Marie BILODEAU.
Jean-Francois FORTIER died 22 February 1866 in St-Sylvestre, Canada.
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Occupation
Jean-Francois FORTIER was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Jean-Francois FORTIER was a Forgeron.
A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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