Joseph FOURNIER

(b. 14 April 1710 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1794 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Joseph FOURNIER was born 14 April 1710 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Joseph FOURNIER was the child of Simon FOURNIER and Catherine ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume FOURNIER and Françoise HÉBERT (maternal) Thomas ROUSSEAU and Madeleine OLIVIER

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

Joseph married Dorothee PLANTE 8 January 1735 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Dorothee PLANTE was born 7 October 1706 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Dorothee died 30 May 1761 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Dorothee was the child of Claude PLANTE and Catherine DUFRESNE.

Joseph FOURNIER died 7 January 1794 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.

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Joseph FOURNIER married

Dorothee PLANTE-- Date: 8 January 1735 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Dorothee PLANTE was the child of Claude PLANTE and Catherine DUFRESNE

Children of Joseph FOURNIER and Dorothee PLANTE:

Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER (b.abt. 1738, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 March 1814, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste MALBOEUF 6 November 1758 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER (b.13 December 1740, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 18 July 1770, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Antoine BOUFFARD 14 January 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Josephe FOURNIER (b.9 February 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )

Françoise FOURNIER (b.abt. 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1823, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Paul BUSSIÈRE 14 September 1774 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Reine FOURNIER (b.15 October 1745, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Augustin VALLIERE (VALLIERES) 23 November 1772 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Rosalie FOURNIER (b.abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 July 1811, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre BLAIS 14 January 1765 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe FOURNIER (b.10 January 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph VALLIERES 23 November 1772 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1710 Birth
14 April 1710
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FOURNIER and Dorothee PLANTE 8 January 1735, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER was born 13 December 1740, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FOURNIER was born 9 February 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 32 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine FOURNIER was born 15 October 1745, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 35 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FOURNIER was born 10 January 1751, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 40 years old.

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER married 6 November 1758, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste MALBOEUF

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Dorothee PLANTE died 30 May 1761 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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
Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER married 14 January 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Antoine BOUFFARD

1765 Marriage of Child
Rosalie FOURNIER married 14 January 1765 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Pierre BLAIS

1770 Death of Child
Marie-Geneviève FOURNIER died 18 July 1770, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 60 years old.

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe FOURNIER married 23 November 1772 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Joseph VALLIERES

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine FOURNIER married 23 November 1772, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Augustin VALLIERE (VALLIERES)

1774 Marriage of Child
Françoise FOURNIER married 14 September 1774, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Paul BUSSIÈRE

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.