Marguerite
JEAN
(b.
30 May 1835
,
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
d.
10 June 1889
,
Val-Brillant, La Matapédia, Quebec, Canada
)
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Marguerite JEAN was born 30 May 1835 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
Marguerite JEAN was the child of Pierre JEAN and Genevieve D'ANGLADESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Hilaire FORTIN 22 July 1862 in Saint-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hilaire FORTIN was born 26 August 1838 in Saint-Simon, Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Les Basques, Quebec, Canada. Hilaire died 28 December 1912 in Val-Brillant, La Matapédia, Quebec, Canada. Hilaire was the child of Hilaire FORTIN and Esther SAUCIER.
Marguerite JEAN died 10 June 1889 in Val-Brillant, La Matapédia, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Family and Children of Marguerite JEAN
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Hilaire FORTIN-- Date: 22 July 1862 Place: Saint-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Hilaire FORTIN was the child of Hilaire FORTIN and Esther SAUCIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Hilaire FORTIN and Marguerite JEAN:
Celine FORTIN (b.15 August 1862, St Pierre Du Lac and Sayabec, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada d. 26 March 1928, Matane, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph GOSSELIN 27 November 1883
Hilaire FORTIN-- Date: 22 July 1862 Place: Saint-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, CanadaHilaire FORTIN was the child of Hilaire FORTIN and Esther SAUCIER
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Hilaire FORTIN and Marguerite JEAN:
Celine FORTIN (b.15 August 1862, St Pierre Du Lac and Sayabec, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada d. 26 March 1928, Matane, Québec, Canada )m. Joseph GOSSELIN 27 November 1883
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1835 Birth 30 May 1835
Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1862 Marriage / PartnerMarguerite JEAN and Hilaire FORTIN 22 July 1862, Saint-Simon, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
She was 27 years old.
1862 Birth of ChildCeline FORTIN was born 15 August 1862, St Pierre Du Lac and Sayabec, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Marguerite was 27 years old.
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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
1889 Death 10 June 1889
Val-Brillant, La Matapédia, Quebec, Canada
She died at the age of 54.
Added: 10/9/2025 4:50:58 PM
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