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Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune 1624 – 1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1624

Birth Location: Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse

Death Date: 1659

Death Location: Port-Royal, Canada

Father: SEBASTIEN Potet

Mother: Noël Barbier

Spouse(s): Marie )

Children(s): Marie LaFortune

The story of Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune began in 1624 in Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse. Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune married Marie Francoise Louise 💙Gautrot ( Gautreaux ), and had children including Marie Françoise Potet LaFortune. Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune passed away in 1659 in Port-Royal, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune began in 1624 in Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse.
  • Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune married Marie Francoise Louise 💙Gautrot ( Gautreaux ), and had children including Marie Françoise Potet LaFortune.
  • Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune passed away in 1659 in Port-Royal, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

SEBASTIEN Potet
1601 – 1659
Birth Location: France
SP
Noël Barbier
1612 – 1652
Birth Location: Ns, Nova Scotia, Canada
NB

Spouses(s)

Marie )
1637 – 1732
Birth Location: Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
M)

Children(s)

Marie LaFortune
1657 – 1717
Birth Location: Port Royal, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
ML

Jean Fortune's Ancestors

Self
Jean Fortune
1624 – 1659
Birth Place: Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse
Parents
SEBASTIEN PETIT Potet
1601 – 1659
France
Noël (Le) Barbier
1612 – 1652
Ns, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Louys PETIT
1580 – 1676
Voilemont, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Jacqueline Josse
1580 – 1682
Voilemont, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Fortune's Descendants

1.
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Jean (Potet Dit LA) Fortune (1624 – 1659) m. Marie (Francoise Louise 💙Gautrot ( Gautreaux) ) (1637 – 29 Nov 1732)
  1. 1. Marie (Françoise Potet) LaFortune (1657 – Aft. 1717) m. Martin Bourg (1650 – 1717)
    1. 1. Marie (Anne Bourg) Bourque (1690 – 11 Feb 1757) m. Pierre Theriault\Tario (1671 – 24 Mars 1724)
      1. 1. Joseph (Terriot Theriault Theriot) Terriau (1699 – 09 Apr 1766) m. Francoise (Melancon or) Melanson (27 FEB 1709 – 14 SEP 1769)
        1. 1. Alexis Thériault\Thériot (1726 – 26 Jul 1799) m. Madeleine Robichaud (1728 – 12 Aug 1763)

Jean Fortune's Timeline

2 Records

1624
1624
Birth of Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune in Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse
Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse
1659
1659
Age 35
Death of Jean Potet Dit LA Fortune in Port-Royal, Canada
Port-Royal, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1624
    Event Place: Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerne, Suisse
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1659
    Event Place: Port-Royal, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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