Veronique FORTIN

(b. 2 August 1756 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1830 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Veronique FORTIN was born 2 August 1756 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Veronique FORTIN was the child of Rene-Francois FORTIN and Charlotte NORMAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) François FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine RICHARD (maternal) Jacques NORMAND (LE NORMAND) and Marie-Marguerite-Louise COLLET (COLLETTE)

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

Veronique married Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD 4 October 1784 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Benjamin MICHAUD and Marie-Anne CHASSE.

Veronique FORTIN died 4 February 1830 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Veronique FORTIN married

Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD-- Date: 4 October 1784 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD was the child of Benjamin MICHAUD and Marie-Anne CHASSE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Veronique FORTIN:

Adelaide MICHAUD (b.14 July 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 24 March 1837, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine MARTIN 1 September 1812 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1756 Birth
2 August 1756
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Veronique FORTIN and Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD 4 October 1784, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 28 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Birth of Child
Adelaide MICHAUD was born 14 July 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Veronique was 38 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage of Child
Adelaide MICHAUD married 1 September 1812, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Antoine MARTIN

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)

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)