Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

(b. 29 July 1728 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1806 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was born 29 July 1728 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN was the child of Jacques FORTIN and Geneviève LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Catherine BIVILLE (maternal) François-Normand LACROIX and Anne GAGNÉ

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe PARÉ 8 November 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe PARÉ was born 13 April 1736 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Josephe died 2 August 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Marie-Josephe was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Agnès RACINE.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIN died 27 June 1806 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, 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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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN married

Marie-Josephe PARÉ-- Date: 8 November 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Josephe PARÉ was the child of Ignace PARÉ and Agnès RACINE

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Marie-Josephe PARÉ:

Jean-Baptiste-Eliphe FORTIN (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte THIBODEAU 10 June 1793 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
29 July 1728
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Marie-Josephe PARÉ 8 November 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 28 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.

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.