Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE

(b. 3 June 1729 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1807 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE was born 3 June 1729 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE was the child of Antoine FONTAINE and Angélique GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE (maternal) Nicolas GODBOUT and Marguerite-Angélique LEMELIN

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Marguerite-Angélique married Claude-Marie FORTIER 4 November 1749 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude-Marie FORTIER was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Claude-Marie died 2 April 1802 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Claude-Marie was the child of Antoine FORTIER and Madeleine NOEL.

Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE died 22 December 1807 in Lanoraie, 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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Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE married

Claude-Marie FORTIER-- Date: 4 November 1749 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
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Claude-Marie FORTIER was the child of Antoine FORTIER and Madeleine NOEL

Children of Claude-Marie FORTIER and Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE:

Claude-Marie FORTIER (b.27 July 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Angélique VANDAL 8 February 1773 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1729 Birth
3 June 1729
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Angélique FONTAINE and Claude-Marie FORTIER 4 November 1749, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Claude-Marie FORTIER was born 27 July 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marguerite-Angélique was 21 years old.

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

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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Claude-Marie FORTIER married 8 February 1773, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Angélique VANDAL

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.