Marguerite FORTIN

(b. 27 December 1744 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1804 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite FORTIN was born 27 December 1744 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marguerite FORTIN was the child of Julien FORTIN and Marie NAVERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORTIN and Agnes CLOUTIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste NAVERS and Marie-Françoise SAUVIN dite LAROSE

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

Marguerite married Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC) 16 June 1767 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC) was born 8 June 1738 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 3 March 1813 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph was the child of Jean LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse COTE.

Marguerite FORTIN died 23 March 1804 in Berthierville, 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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Marguerite FORTIN married

Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC)-- Date: 16 June 1767 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC) was the child of Jean LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse COTE

Children of Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marguerite FORTIN:

Julie LECLAIR (LECLERC) (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre DURAND 1805 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) (b.20 March 1780, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1863, Berthierville, Canada East )
m. Marie GENEREUX 7 November 1808 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1744 Birth
27 December 1744
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite FORTIN and Joseph LECLAIR (LECLERC) 16 June 1767, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) was born 20 March 1780, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)