Marie-Françoise COUTURE

(b. 21 July 1726 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1791 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise COUTURE was born 21 July 1726 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise COUTURE was the child of Guillaume COUTURE and Marie-Anne ADAM and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume COUTURE (COUSTURE) and Anne ÉMARD (maternal) Jean ADAM and Marie MEZERAY

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

Marie-Françoise married Pierre FOURNIER 5 February 1743 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre FOURNIER was born 5 December 1716 in France.

Marie-Françoise COUTURE died 17 July 1791 in Montmagny, 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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Marie-Françoise COUTURE married

Pierre FOURNIER-- Date: 5 February 1743 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France

Children of Pierre FOURNIER and Marie-Françoise COUTURE:

Marie-Thérèse FOURNIER (b.24 February 1750, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 14 November 1813, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Abraham BOULET (BOULAY) 15 February 1773 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Louis FOURNIER (b.31 May 1756, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1805, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite-Ursule THIBAULT 21 November 1780 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1726 Birth
21 July 1726
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise COUTURE and Pierre FOURNIER 5 February 1743, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

She was 16 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse FOURNIER was born 24 February 1750, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Françoise was 23 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Louis FOURNIER was born 31 May 1756, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Françoise was 29 years old.

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
Marie-Thérèse FOURNIER married 15 February 1773, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Abraham BOULET (BOULAY)

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Louis FOURNIER married 21 November 1780, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marguerite-Ursule THIBAULT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)