Marie-Anne FORTIER

(b. 13 December 1712 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1786 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne FORTIER was born 13 December 1712 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne FORTIER was the child of Pierre-Noël FORTIER and Anne LECLERC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) Pierre LECLERC and Elisabeth-Isabelle RONDEAU

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

Marie-Anne married François-Marc ROY 25 January 1734 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
François-Marc ROY was born 12 May 1711 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. François-Marc died 8 June 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. François-Marc was the child of Noel ROY and Marguerite RABOUIN.

Marie-Anne FORTIER died 4 March 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Anne FORTIER married

François-Marc ROY-- Date: 25 January 1734 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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François-Marc ROY was the child of Noel ROY and Marguerite RABOUIN

Children of François-Marc ROY and Marie-Anne FORTIER:

Louis-Eloi ROY (b.12 October 1734, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1820, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Brigitte GUYON (DION) 3 February 1766 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

Francois-Andronique ROY (b.28 February 1736, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1801, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève ROBERGE 27 November 1764 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Marie-Anne ROY (b.29 July 1738, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1822, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste MERCIER 24 November 1755 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
m. Jean-Hilaire BRISSON 25 January 1773 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Joseph ROY (b.5 April 1740, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe PATRY 13 October 1766 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Alexis ROY (b.9 May 1742, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie ROY (b.27 August 1745, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1819, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne ROUILLARD 22 January 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1712 Birth
13 December 1712
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne FORTIER and François-Marc ROY 25 January 1734, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Louis-Eloi ROY was born 12 October 1734, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 21 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Francois-Andronique ROY was born 28 February 1736, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 23 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ROY was born 29 July 1738, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 25 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Joseph ROY was born 5 April 1740, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 27 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Alexis ROY was born 9 May 1742, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 29 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie ROY was born 27 August 1745, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 32 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROY married 24 November 1755, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste MERCIER

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Francois-Andronique ROY married 27 November 1764 , Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Geneviève ROBERGE

1766 Marriage of Child
Louis-Eloi ROY married 3 February 1766, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) to Marie-Brigitte GUYON (DION)

1766 Marriage of Child
Joseph ROY married 13 October 1766, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephe PATRY

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie ROY married 22 January 1770, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Etienne ROUILLARD

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROY married 25 January 1773, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Hilaire BRISSON

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.