Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

(b. 31 December 1749 , Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1825 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 31 December 1749 in Isle-aux-Grues, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was the child of Claude FORTIN and Marie-Jeanne MÉTHOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Louise GUIMOND (maternal) Charles MÉTHOT and Marie-Geneviève HÉDOUIN

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

Jean-Baptiste married Josephte FONTAINE 16 August 1780 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte FONTAINE was born 18 January 1759 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Josephte died 29 May 1830 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Josephte was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN died 19 May 1825 in Sorel, 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.

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married

Josephte FONTAINE-- Date: 16 August 1780 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte FONTAINE was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Charlotte AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Josephte FONTAINE:

Ursule FORTIN (b.abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Toussaint LABELLE 17 July 1809 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1749 Birth
31 December 1749
Isle-aux-Grues, 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.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Josephte FONTAINE 16 August 1780, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 30 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Ursule FORTIN married 17 July 1809, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Toussaint LABELLE

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)