Marie-Louise FORTIN

(b. 3 November 1719 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1783 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise FORTIN was born 3 November 1719 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise FORTIN was the child of François FORTIN and Marie-Madeleine RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER (maternal) Pierre RICHARD and Françoise MIVILLE dite DESCHENES

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

Marie-Louise married Louis LEMIEUX 18 June 1736 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis LEMIEUX was born abt. 1708 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis was the child of François LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne PARADIS.

Marie-Louise FORTIN died 7 January 1783 in Montréal, 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-Louise FORTIN married

Louis LEMIEUX-- Date: 18 June 1736 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Louis LEMIEUX was the child of François LEMIEUX and Marie-Anne PARADIS

Children of Louis LEMIEUX and Marie-Louise FORTIN:

Louise LEMIEUX (b.abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 October 1796, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles-Marie BERNIER 28 August 1763 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Benoni LEMIEUX (b.23 November 1747, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angélique LEDUC 24 April 1775 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1719 Birth
3 November 1719
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise FORTIN and Louis LEMIEUX 18 June 1736, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

She was 16 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Louis-Benoni LEMIEUX was born 23 November 1747, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Louise was 28 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Louise LEMIEUX married 28 August 1763, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Charles-Marie BERNIER

1775 Marriage of Child
Louis-Benoni LEMIEUX married 24 April 1775, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Angélique LEDUC

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.