Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

(b. 1 December 1747 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1832 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was born 1 December 1747 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER was the child of Charles FORTIER and Geneviève NOEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FORTIER and Marie-Françoise BLOUIN (maternal) Pierre NOEL and Louise GOSSELIN

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Marie-Madeleine married Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS 11 February 1771 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS was born 18 April 1739 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Charles died 11 September 1812 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Pierre-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Catherine RAVION dite BOISJOLY.

Marie-Madeleine FORTIER died 3 March 1832 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Marie-Madeleine FORTIER married

Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS-- Date: 11 February 1771 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS was the child of Pierre-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Catherine RAVION dite BOISJOLY

Children of Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER:

Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS (b.abt. 1782, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 September 1832, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY 4 August 1807 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1747 Birth
1 December 1747
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FORTIER and Charles CANAC dit MARQUIS 11 February 1771, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS married 4 August 1807, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY