Guillaume FOURNIER

(b. 9 June 1710 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1786 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume FOURNIER was born 9 June 1710 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Guillaume FOURNIER was the child of Charles FOURNIER and Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume FOURNIER and Françoise HÉBERT (maternal) Nicolas BOUCHARD and Anne ROY

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

Guillaume married Marie-Angélique GAGNON 25 February 1737 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Angélique GAGNON was born 7 April 1717 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Angélique died 17 July 1792 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angélique was the child of Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON.

Guillaume FOURNIER died 23 April 1786 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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 FOURNIER married

Marie-Angélique GAGNON-- Date: 25 February 1737 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique GAGNON was the child of Alexandre GAGNON and Angélique CARON

Children of Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Angélique GAGNON:

Françoise FOURNIER (b.5 December 1737, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 17 September 1803 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DANCOSSE 16 April 1763 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Barbe FOURNIER (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 November 1817, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste DUBE 13 January 1767 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Veronique FOURNIER (b.9 August 1751, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 16 November 1809, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste DUBE 21 January 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Angelique FOURNIER (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 April 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Raphael DUBE 21 November 1773 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1710 Birth
9 June 1710
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1737 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume FOURNIER and Marie-Angélique GAGNON 25 February 1737 , L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 26 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Françoise FOURNIER was born 5 December 1737, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Guillaume was 27 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Veronique FOURNIER was born 9 August 1751, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Guillaume was 41 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
Françoise FOURNIER married 16 April 1763 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Pierre DANCOSSE

1767 Marriage of Child
Barbe FOURNIER married 13 January 1767, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean-Baptiste DUBE

1771 Marriage of Child
Veronique FOURNIER married 21 January 1771 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DUBE

1773 Marriage of Child
Angelique FOURNIER married 21 November 1773, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Jean-Raphael DUBE

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.