Mars FORTIN

(b. 11 January 1819 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 19 April 1858 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )

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Mars FORTIN was born 11 January 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Mars FORTIN was the child of Michel FORTIN and Marguerite GRENON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel FORTIN and Agnès SIMARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GRENON and Helene TREMBLAY

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

Mars married Cesarie TREMBLAY 23 August 1842 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cesarie TREMBLAY was born 11 July 1820 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Cesarie was the child of Colomban TREMBLAY and Rosalie BOIVIN.

Mars FORTIN died 19 April 1858 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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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Family and Children of Mars FORTIN

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Mars FORTIN married

Cesarie TREMBLAY-- Date: 23 August 1842 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Cesarie TREMBLAY was the child of Colomban TREMBLAY and Rosalie BOIVIN

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Children of Mars FORTIN and Cesarie TREMBLAY:

Marie FORTIN (b.abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Osee TREMBLAY 28 October 1873 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1819 Birth
11 January 1819
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Mars FORTIN and Cesarie TREMBLAY 23 August 1842, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 23 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.