flag female ancestor  Marguerite  GAUTHIER

  (b. 15 February 1817 Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*   d. 12 October 1897 Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada )  

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Marguerite GAUTHIER was born 15 February 1817 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

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Marguerite  married  Etienne-Andre FOURNIER 12 January 1836 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Etienne-Andre FOURNIER  was born 23 May 1805 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac).  Etienne-Andre died 10 November 1881 in St Medard de Warwick, Quebec, Canada. 

Marguerite GAUTHIER died 12 October 1897 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Marguerite GAUTHIER married flag male ancestor Etienne-Andre FOURNIER-- Date: 12 January 1836 Place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*


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birth1817 Birth
15 February 1817
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1836 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GAUTHIER and Etienne-Andre FOURNIER 12 January 1836, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

She was 18 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide-Adele FOURNIER was born 18 June 1845, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Marguerite was 28 years old.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Birth of Child
Etienne FOURNIER was born 25 March 1853, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Drummond, Québec, Canada (Kingsey)

Marguerite was 36 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1875 Marriage of Child
Etienne FOURNIER married 2 February 1875, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac) to Adele DUPONT
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1881 Death of Spouse/Partner
Etienne-Andre FOURNIER died 10 November 1881, St Medard de Warwick, Quebec, Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
1885 Death of Child
Marie-Adelaide-Adele FOURNIER died 20 December 1885, Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 68 years old.
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1897 Death
12 October 1897
Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 80.
Added: 10/17/2025 12:20:18 PM - Updated: 10/30/2025 12:40:30 PM

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