{"id":2717,"date":"2008-07-11T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-12T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/11\/the-birth-and-baptism-of-pierre-fortin-1669\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T09:44:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:44:17","slug":"the-birth-and-baptism-of-pierre-fortin-1669","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2717","title":{"rendered":"The Birth and Baptism of Pierre Fortin – 1669"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 21 May 1669, Pierre Fortin, son of Julien Fortin-Bellefontaine and Genevi\u00ed\u00a8ve Gamache, was born. On 24 May 1669, he was baptized at home in Cap Tourmente, Canada, New France.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Fortin – 1669<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada : Institut G\u00e9n\u00e9alogique Drouin. N\u00f4tre Dame de la Visitation, Ch\u00ed\u00a2teau Richer, Canada, New France, 1669. Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Fortin, page 72.<\/p>\n

Click on the image above to enlarge it. Click on the link for a PDF<\/a> copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Pierre Fortin. The record reads:<\/p>\n

Pierre Fortin<\/p>\n

In the year of O[ur] L[ord] 1669, on the 24th of the
\nmonth of May, I baptized in Cap Tourmente with the
\nceremonies of the holy church in the home
\nof the father, an infant, born on the 21st of the same
\nmonth, [son] of Julien Fortin and Genevi\u00ed\u00a8ve Gamache,
\nresiding in the parish of Saint Anne. His
\nGodfather was Pierre Gagnon and his Godmother
\nwas Barbe Fortin. He was named Pierre.<\/p>\n

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This record can be found as image 50\/727 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Ch\u00ed\u00a2teau Richer 1661-1702. The record appears on page 72.<\/p>\n

Although this baptism was included in the records of Ch\u00ed\u00a2teau Richer, the baptism was actually performed in the home of Julien Fortin and Genevi\u00ed\u00a8ve Gamache in Cap Tourmente. Julien Fortin and Genevi\u00ed\u00a8ve Gamache were members of the Parish of Saint Anne.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2008 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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