Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER

(b. 27 March 1754 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 29 July 1835 , Napierville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER was born 27 March 1754 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER was the child of Joseph BLOUIN and Madeleine TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BLOUIN and Catherine JAHAN (maternal) Simon TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marie-Madeleine GODBOUT

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

Joseph married Marie-Louise THIBAULT 11 September 1780 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise THIBAULT was born 15 July 1763 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Louise died 7 January 1861 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle). Marie-Louise was the child of Nicolas THIBAULT and Marie-Louise ALLAIRE.

Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER died 29 July 1835 in Napierville, Lower Canada .

m. Marie-Louise Thibault

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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER married

Marie-Louise THIBAULT-- Date: 11 September 1780 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise THIBAULT was the child of Nicolas THIBAULT and Marie-Louise ALLAIRE

Children of Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER and Marie-Louise THIBAULT:

Marie-Anne-Madeleine BLOUIN (BELOIN) (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Augustin TREMBLAY 3 July 1815 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1754 Birth
27 March 1754
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BLOUIN dit FORTIER and Marie-Louise THIBAULT 11 September 1780, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 26 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)

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Madeleine BLOUIN (BELOIN) married 3 July 1815, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Augustin TREMBLAY

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England