Jean-Baptiste FORTIER

(b. 19 May 1770 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 December 1823 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was born 19 May 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was the child of Ambroise FORTIER and Brigitte TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FORTIER and Suzanne PLANTE (maternal) Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Angélique CANTIN (QUENTIN)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS 16 May 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1768 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise died 28 August 1836 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU.

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER died 20 December 1823 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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 FORTIER married

Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS-- Date: 16 May 1786 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS:

Charles FORTIER (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Luce MCINTYRE 18 July 1820 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1770 Birth
19 May 1770
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS 16 May 1786 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 16 years old.

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)

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