Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT

(b. 14 August 1724 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 23 September 1789 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was born 14 August 1724 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT was the child of Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abraham METHOT and Marie-Madeleine MEZERAY dite NOPCES (maternal) Pierre HEDOUIN dit LAFORGE and Marie-Agnes PILOTE

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

Marie-Jeanne married Claude FORTIN abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Claude FORTIN was born abt. 1717 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Claude died 5 May 1799 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Claude was the child of Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Louise GUIMOND.

Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT died 23 September 1789 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of 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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Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT married

Claude FORTIN-- Date: abt. 1745 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Claude FORTIN was the child of Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Louise GUIMOND

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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1724 Birth
14 August 1724
Québec, Canada, New France

1749 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 31 December 1749, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Jeanne was 25 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN was born 17 September 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Jeanne was 32 years old.

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 Child
Marie-Marguerite FORTIN married 2 November 1776, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Jacques-Francois NORMAND

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-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)