Louis FORTIN

(b. 24 May 1711 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 8 April 1788 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis FORTIN was born 24 May 1711 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Louis FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) René CLOUTIER and Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

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Louis married Marie-Françoise BLANCHET 26 October 1730 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Françoise BLANCHET was born 14 April 1709 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marie-Françoise died 15 January 1753 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Françoise was the child of Guillaume BLANCHET and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ.

Louis FORTIN died 8 April 1788 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of 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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Louis FORTIN married

Marie-Françoise BLANCHET-- Date: 26 October 1730 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
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Marie-Françoise BLANCHET was the child of Guillaume BLANCHET and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ

Children of Louis FORTIN and Marie-Françoise BLANCHET:

Marie-Ursule FORTIN (b.3 May 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1805, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Augustin RICHARD 24 April 1769 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Madeleine FORTIN (b.25 March 1744, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1818, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-François LEVESQUE 14 January 1765 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Francois FORTIN (b.26 May 1746, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 1 January 1780, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE 4 November 1766 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Augustin FORTIN (b.28 August 1750, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 5 April 1829, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DUCHESNE 20 October 1777 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1711 Birth
24 May 1711
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Louis FORTIN and Marie-Françoise BLANCHET 26 October 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 19 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule FORTIN was born 3 May 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 24 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Madeleine FORTIN was born 25 March 1744, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 32 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Francois FORTIN was born 26 May 1746, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 35 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Augustin FORTIN was born 28 August 1750, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 39 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise BLANCHET died 15 January 1753, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FORTIN married 14 January 1765, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Jean-François LEVESQUE

1766 Marriage of Child
Francois FORTIN married 4 November 1766, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise DANDURAND dite MARCHATERRE

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule FORTIN married 24 April 1769, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Joseph-Augustin RICHARD

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Augustin FORTIN married 20 October 1777, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Anne DUCHESNE

1780 Death of Child
Francois FORTIN died 1 January 1780, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 68 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Death
8 April 1788
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 76.

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