Guillaume FORTIER

(b. 25 April 1714 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1786 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume FORTIER was born 25 April 1714 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Guillaume FORTIER was the child of Guillaume FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine CADIEUX (maternal) François DUMAS and Marie-Françoise GERVAIS

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Guillaume married Marguerite THERRIEN 9 January 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite THERRIEN was born 16 June 1734 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Marguerite was the child of Barthelemy THERRIEN and Marguerite FONTAINE.

Guillaume FORTIER died 31 July 1786 in Saint-Gervais, 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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Guillaume FORTIER married

Marguerite THERRIEN-- Date: 9 January 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite THERRIEN was the child of Barthelemy THERRIEN and Marguerite FONTAINE

Children of Guillaume FORTIER and Marguerite THERRIEN:

Guillaume FORTIER (b.11 August 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1839, Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique MERCIER 25 November 1782 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1714 Birth
25 April 1714
Saint-Jean-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

1748 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume FORTIER and Marguerite THERRIEN 9 January 1748, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 33 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Guillaume FORTIER was born 11 August 1750, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Guillaume was 36 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.

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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Guillaume FORTIER married 25 November 1782, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Angelique MERCIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)