Charlotte FORTIN

(b. 31 March 1773 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 September 1830 , Matane, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte FORTIN was born 31 March 1773 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Charlotte FORTIN was the child of Louis-François FORTIN and Marie-Josephte GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FORTIN and Geneviève LACROIX (maternal) Pierre GIRARD and Marie-Anne VÉZINA

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Charlotte married Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 6 February 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was born 4 July 1776 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Jean-Baptiste died 22 December 1816 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Charlotte DUBE.

Charlotte FORTIN died 7 September 1830 in Matane, Lower Canada .

m. Jean Baptiste Miville dit Deschenes
6 February 1816
La Malbaie, Quebec

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES-- Date: 6 February 1816 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Charlotte DUBE

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1773 Birth
31 March 1773
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte FORTIN and Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 6 February 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 42 years old.

1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES died 22 December 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England