Marie FORTIN

(b. 17 May 1798 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 1 May 1876 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )

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Marie FORTIN was born 17 May 1798 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Marie FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie FORTIN and Catherine-Felicite SIMARD (maternal) Ambroise GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE and Marie-Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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

Marie married Etienne DESBIENS 26 April 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne DESBIENS was born 27 April 1796 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Etienne died 2 May 1856 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Etienne was the child of Etienne DESBIENS and Madeleine BOUCHARD.

Marie FORTIN died 1 May 1876 in La Malbaie, 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 FORTIN married

Etienne DESBIENS-- Date: 26 April 1814 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Etienne DESBIENS was the child of Etienne DESBIENS and Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Children of Etienne DESBIENS and Marie FORTIN:

Francois DESBIENS (b.16 January 1825, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 17 October 1918, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Philomene MALTAIS 28 November 1854 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1798 Birth
17 May 1798
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marie FORTIN and Etienne DESBIENS 26 April 1814, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

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)

1825 Birth of Child
Francois DESBIENS was born 16 January 1825, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie was 26 years old.

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

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Francois DESBIENS married 28 November 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Philomene MALTAIS

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne DESBIENS died 2 May 1856, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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

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

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.