Joseph-Eustache FORTIN

(b. 15 November 1701 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 26 February 1773 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Eustache FORTIN was born 15 November 1701 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph-Eustache FORTIN was the child of Eustache FORTIN and Louise CLOUTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) René CLOUTIER and Marie-Elisabeth LEBLANC

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

Joseph-Eustache married Marthe BERNIER 20 August 1725 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marthe BERNIER was born 10 April 1703 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marthe died 11 June 1777 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marthe was the child of Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX.

Joseph-Eustache FORTIN died 26 February 1773 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph-Eustache FORTIN married

Marthe BERNIER-- Date: 20 August 1725 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Marthe BERNIER was the child of Charles BERNIER and Marie Anne LEMIEUX

Children of Joseph-Eustache FORTIN and Marthe BERNIER:

Joseph-Magloire FORTIN (b.18 September 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Marie-Marthe FORTIN (b.26 October 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Madeleine-Felicite FORTIN (b.3 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )

Genevieve FORTIN (b.abt. 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine DANDURAND dit MARCHATERRE 14 February 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1701 Birth
15 November 1701
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1725 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Eustache FORTIN and Marthe BERNIER 20 August 1725, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 23 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Joseph-Magloire FORTIN was born 18 September 1727, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Eustache was 25 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Marie-Marthe FORTIN was born 26 October 1728, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Eustache was 26 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Felicite FORTIN was born 3 March 1730, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Joseph-Eustache was 28 years old.

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.