Generation 1
1. Noel Fortier; born 1593 in St-Remy de Dieppe, Normandie, France, died 30 Mar 1683; married 1/26 May 1638 in St-Remy de Dieppe, Normandie, France to Marthe Golle (dates and lineage unknown); Came to New France abt 1663; children: Marthe, Noel, Antione & Catherine.
Generation 2
Children of Noel & Marthe
1. Marthe Fortier; born 8 May 1639 in St-Jacques de Dieppe, France, died 29 Jun 1639 in St-Jacques de Dieppe, France.
2. Noel Fortier; born 17 Oct 1640 in St-Jacques de Dieppe, France.
3. Antoine Fortier; born 25/26 Jun 1644 in Dieppe, Normandie, France, died 12 Jun 1707; married 21 Nov 1677 in Beauport QU to Marie-Madeleine Cadieu, born 23 Oct 1659, died 26 Feb 1715 St-Laurent, Ile d'Orl�ans, (daughter of Charles Cadieu or Courville-Cadieux, Sieur de Courville, born abt 1624 Thury, Bayeux, Normandie, France; & Madeleine Maccart or Maccard, married 1653); Came to New France abt 1663 with his father, settled in Saint-Laurent, Ile d'Orl�ans, Quebec; children: Antoine
4. Catherine Fortier; born 01 Nov 1647 St-Jacques de Dieppe, France.
notes on Antoine
"Antoine Fortier was born in Dieppe. His parents were Noel Fortier and Marthe Golle. In France, the name Fortier was always spelt Forestier. It was changed to Fortier after Antoine and his father arrived in the New World, around 1663. They lived in Beauport for a short while and then settled down in Ile d'Orl�ans. Noel was a shipbuilder who bore holes in small boats; Antoine was more interested in commercial fishing and seal hunting. He soon succeeded in owning his own boat and crew.From the archives of Notary Rageot, in 1667, we find a notarized contract between Louis Couillard, Fran�ois James, Jacques Lozier and Antoine Fortier in which it is agreed that they will all equally share the profits from fishing and seal hunting on the Saint Lawrence river, near "L'Isle Rouge" The seals were hunted for their oil. Seal oil is clear and odorless compared to porpoise oil that has a bad odor.. In those days, seal oil sold for 50 to 55 pounds a barrel.. Ten to fifteen seals were captured in one day so, you can imagine how lucrative this business could be. Because Antoine Fortier joined one of the richest families in Nouvelle-France when he married Marie-Madeleine Cadieu in November 1677, we assume that he was quite wealthy. Those who were witnesses at his marriage were dignitaries and members of noble families. This text is translated from: Dictionnaire g�n�alogique Drouin. Antoine and Madeleine had 12 children, 10 sons. Eight of those sons had families thus ensuring that the name should continue. Today, the descendants are scattered throughout North America." quoted from the Fortier Family Association website (http://familles.fortier.net/) That site has much information about the family, its history, coat of arms, etc.
"On 12 January 1693, Antoine Fortier, the first owner of the ship Sainte-Anne, made a business deal with the merchant Charles Macart. He would make three trips 'with the said ship' during the summer, out to Chicoutimi, to the Papinachois Indians 50 leagues below Tadoussac, who had just made a treaty with the French... '...the Sainte-Anne with a displacement of 20 to 25 tons.' A ton is equivalent to 2000 pounds. Not very large as ships go, but this ship was to be used for the transport of 'furs, merchandise and other items belonging to said company' of Tadoussac: Quite adequate for the task." from Our French Canadian Ancestors, Vol 2, by Thomas J. Laforest, p171.
From the pages of the "Ancestors of Stephanie Rejean Cross": Antoine Fortier was born June 26, 1644 in St. Jacques, Dieppe, France; Died in Pentacote, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Noel Fortier and Marie-Marthe Golle. He married Marie Cadieu/x November 21, 1677 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada. Notes for Antoine Fortier: He came from France with his father in 1665. They originally established in Beauport, but after a few years they moved across to the Island of Orleans and established themselves on the South side at a spot called L'Arb re sec. He was master of a fishing barque during this period. A deed exists between Ouis Couillard, Sieur L' Espenay, Antoine Fortier, Francois James, and Jacque Lozier where the four men agreed to equally split the profits of fish received from a fishing venture towards the Isle Rouge in the current of the St. Lawrence river.
found at ancestry.com
Generation 3
Children of Antoine & Marie-Madeleine (Noel)
1. Marie-Madeleine Fortier; born 7 Nov 1678 in Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, buried 30 Jul 1756 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans; married on 14 Jan 1698 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Gervais P�pin (son of Antoine P�pin & Marie Teste); children: Madeleine, Gervais, & Marie-Ang�lique.
2. Antoine Fortier; born 19 Feb 1680, baptized 10 Mar 1680 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried 23 May 1749 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans married on 3 Feb 1706 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Madeleine Noel; born 8 May 1687 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans (daughter of Francois Noel & Nicole Legrand) Madelaine married second on 14 Feb 1752 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans to Antoine Pepin; children of Anoine & Madeliene: Antoine, Marie-Madeleine, Guillaume, Jean-Fran�ois, Pierre-No�l, Marie-Jos�phe, Doroth�e, Marie-Anne Fortier, Joseph-Marie & Claude.
3. Jean-Baptiste Fortier; born 7 Sep 1681 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried on 30 Dec 1750 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans; married on 15 Oct 1708 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Madeleine Ruel (daughter of Clement Ruel & Marguerite Leclerc). child: Antoine, Jean-Baptiste, Fran�ois, Basile & Marie-Madeleine
4. Charles Fortier; born 4 May 1683 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried on 11 Mar 1753 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans; married on 9 Jul 1709 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans to Francoise Blouin, died Dec 1762 at 74 years of age (daughter of Emery Blouin & Marie Carreau); child: Marie-Charlotte.
5. Michel Fortier; born 1 Feb 1685 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried on 9 Sep 1724 in Quebec; married on 19 Nov 1708 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Angelique Manseau (daughter of Jacques Manseau & Marguerite Latouche).
6. Pierre-No�l Fortier; born 25 Nov 1686 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, died 17 Feb 1731 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans; married on 13 Oct 1710 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Marie-Anne Leclerc (daughter of Pierre Leclerc & Elisabeth Rondeau); children: Marie-Louise & Marie-Th�r�se.
7. Guillaume Fortier; born 1 Jan 1689 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried 28 Mar 1750 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans; married on 9 Nov 1711 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans to Madeleine Dumas (daughter of Francois Dumas & Marie Gervais).
8. Jean-Fran�ois Fortier; born on 27 Dec 1690 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, died 16 May 1715 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans.
9. Nicolas Fortier; born 20 Oct 1694 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, died in Tadoussac, buried 22 Oct 1715 in Baie St-Paul.
10. Louis Fortier; born 24 Mar 1697 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried on 31 Oct 1749 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans; married on 19 Jul 1717 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans to Elisabeth Fontaine (daughter of Etienne Fontaine & Marie Conille)
11. Joseph Fortier; born 31 Mar 1699, baptized 2 Apr 1699 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, died 12 Jan 1775 in St-Michel de Bellechasse; married first 9 Apr 1720 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans to Suzanne Plante (daughter of Georges Plante & Marguerite Crepeau); child: Joseph. Married second on 11 Feb 1734 to Marie-Josephte Filteau (daughter of Gabriel Filteau & Marguerite Roy) Joseph was a notary
12. Anne Fortier; born 19 Dec 1701 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, buried on 11 Jun 1703 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans.
Parents of Madeleine Noel
father: Francois Noel; born 1 Jan 1639 in Chir�-en-Montreuil, Poitiers, Poitou, France; buried 26 May 1725 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans; son of Pierre Noel & Elisabeth Augustine. He arrived in New France in 1657 or 1665 and was listed on the 1666 Quebec census of Ile d'Orleans, age 22, domestique engaig� for Gabriel Gausselin, habittant. Married on 22 Oct 1669 in Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans to Nicole Legrand. (website with a history of the Noel Family)
mother: Nicole Legrand, born in 1648 in Paris, France, died 5 Oct 1713 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, daughter of Nicholas Legrand & Anne Duplessis. Nicole was a Fille du Roi. Married on 22 Oct 1669 in Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans to Francoise Noel; children: Philippe, Catherine, Fran�ois, Pierre, Claire, Marguerite, Ignace, Michel, Jean-Baptiste, & Madeleine.
Children of Antoine & Marie-Madeleine (Antoine<Noel)
1. Jean Francois Fortier married Francoise Jehan (daughter of Joseph Jehan & Marguerite Roy)
2. Doroth�e Fortier; married on 11 May 1750 to Jean-Baptiste Martel (son of Antoine Martel and Catherine Guillot); child: Madeleine.
3. Marie-Madeleine Fortier; married on 26 Nov 1736 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans to Jean-Baptiste Leblond (son of Jean-Baptiste Leblond and Marguerite Amaury); child: Jean-Baptiste.
4. Claude Fortier; married 4 Nov 1749 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans, to Ang�lique Fontaine (daughter of Antoine Fontaine and Ang�lique Godbout)
(Jean<Antoine<Antoine<Noel)
1. Jean Baptiste Fortier married Felicite Gagnon (daughter of Pierre Gagnon & Genevieve Routhier)
1. Jean Routier married Rogere Croussette; child Jean (most likely births, deaths, marriage etc occurred in Saint-Remi de Dieppe, France.
2. Jean Routhier; arrived in New France by 1662; married at Notre Dame de Quebec to Catherine Meliot; descendants settled at Sainte-Foy and at Cap-Rouge; child Jean-Baptiste
3. Jean-Baptiste Routhier married Marguerite Tru (daughter of Mathurin Tru, son of Jean Tru & Simone Grossin; & Marguerite Gareman, daughter of Pierre Gareman & Madeliene Charlot) children: Noel
4. Noel dit Jean Routhier married Madeleine Samson (daughter of Louis Samson & Marie-Genevieve Larcheveque) children: Genevieve
(Jean<Jean<Antoine<Antoine<Noel)
1. Pascal Fortier (Ferguson) married Francoise Gagne (daughter of Joseph Gagne & Scholastique Gagnon)
(Pascal<Jean<Jean<Antoine<Antoine<Noel)
1. Hubert Fortier married Julia St. John; children: Helen
(Hubert<Pascal<Jean<Jean<Antoine<Antoine<Noel)
1. Helen Josephine Fortier; born 26 Jun 1863 in Waterbury VT, died 10 Jul 1945 in Ayer MA, buried in St. Mary's Cemetery; married Daniel J Bean; for more information and their descendants, see The Lefebvre Page.
We have to be cautious about the following infos. These Fortier seemed to change their names into Ferguson from time to time.
So from Ellen-Josephine Fortier up to the Fortier ancestor:
ELLEN-JOSEPHINE FORTIER (Hubert Fortier & Julia St-John)
marriage date unknown
DANIEL J.BEAN or LEFEBVRE
HUBERT FORTIER (Pascal Fortier-Ferguson & Francoise Gagne)
m 27 June 1858 in Vermont
JULIA ST-JOHN
PASCAL FORTIER-FERGUSON (Jean-Baptiste Fortier & Felicite Gagnon)
m 24 sep 1822 in St-Gervais, Qc
FRANCOISE GAGNE (Joseph Gagne & Scholastique Gagnon)
JEAN-BAPTISTE FORTIER (Jean-Francois Fortier & Francoise Jahan)
1st m: FELICITE GAGNON (Pierre Gagnon & Genevieve Routhier on 25 June 1783 in St-Michel, Qc
2nd m: Jeanne Langlois on 24 aug 1812 St-Vallier, Qc
3rd m: Euphrosine Dube on 14 aug 1821 in St-Charles, Qc
4th m: Marguerite Perreault on 11 oct 1830 in St-Gervais, Qc
JEAN-FRANCOIS FORTIER (Antoine Fortier & Madeleine Noel)
1st m: Brigitte Pepin-Lachance on 30 june 1739 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans, Qc
2nd m: FRANCOISE JAHAN (Joseph Jahan & Marguerite Roy) on 01 aug 1757 in St-Jean, Ile d'Orleans, Qc
ANTOINE FORTIER (Antoine Fortier & Madeleine Cadieu)
m 03 feb 1706 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Qc
MADELEINE NOEL (Francois Noel & Nicole Legrand)
ANTOINE FORTIER (Noel Fortier & Marthe Golle)
m contract: 21 Nov 1677 in Beauport, Qc
MADELEINE CADIEU (Charles Cadieu & Madeleine Maccart)
NOEL FORTIER (... & ...)
m 26 may 1638 in St-Remy de Dieppe, Normandie (France)
MARTHE GOLLE (... & ...)
If you have any other information, especially about the FORTIER and FERGUSON enigma, please contact me by email.
Eric Fortier
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Association des familles Fortier inc.
http;//familles.fortier.net
- The Fortier Family Association.
- Fortier Surname Message Board at FamilyHistory.com
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