Claude
FORTIN
(b.
abt. 1717
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
5 May 1799
,
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
)
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Claude FORTIN was born abt. 1717 in Québec Province, Canada
Claude FORTIN was the child of Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Louise GUIMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Xainte CLOUTIER (maternal) Claude GUIMOND and Anne ROYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was born 14 August 1724 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne died 23 September 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN.
Claude FORTIN died 5 May 1799 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
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Occupation
Claude FORTIN was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca
Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude
Claude FORTIN was a Meunier.
The meunier, or miller, was a person who owned and/or operated a mill — a machine used to grind a cereal crop to make flour. He oversaw all the operations that went into milling grain. Then, he bagged the flour, weighed it, stored it as needed, and collected revenue from it.
Source: tfcq.ca
Life as a Meunier in 18th Century New France: Flour, Family, and Fortitude
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.
Family and Children of Claude FORTIN
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Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT-- Date: abt. 1745 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN
Children of Claude FORTIN and Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT:
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN (b.31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte FONTAINE 16 August 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN (b.17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1809, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques-Francois NORMAND 2 November 1776 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)
Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT-- Date: abt. 1745 Place: , Québec Province, Canada Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN
Children of Claude FORTIN and Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT:
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN (b.31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada )m. Josephte FONTAINE 16 August 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN (b.17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1809, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )m. Jacques-Francois NORMAND 2 November 1776 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)
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1749 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)
1756 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite FORTIN was born 17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
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.
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.
1776 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite FORTIN married 2 November 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jacques-Francois NORMAND
1780 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste FORTIN married 16 August 1780, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Josephte FONTAINE
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1789 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Jeanne MÉTHOT died 23 September 1789, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada1799 Death 5 May 1799
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
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