Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER

(b. 24 October 1745 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1779 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER was born 24 October 1745 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Madeleine MORIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean FOURNIER and Louise JONCAS (maternal) Joseph MORIN and Agnes BOUCHARD

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

Marie-Madeleine married Jacques POIRIER 9 January 1769 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques POIRIER was born 8 April 1740 in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. Jacques died 26 May 1780 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jacques was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE.

Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER died 7 May 1779 in Montmagny, 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-Madeleine FOURNIER married

Jacques POIRIER-- Date: 9 January 1769 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques POIRIER was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE

Children of Jacques POIRIER and Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER:

Marguerite POIRIER (b.22 May 1776, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 August 1861, Montmagny, Canada East )
m. Louis LANGLOIS 2 February 1796 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1745 Birth
24 October 1745
Montmagny, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER and Jacques POIRIER 9 January 1769, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 23 years old.

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.