Joseph Fontaine was born on 21 Apr 1794 in St-Hyacinthe, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 22 Apr 1794 in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire-de-St-Hyacinthe, St-Hyacinthe, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Aug 1794 in St-Hyacinthe, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 19 Aug 1794 in St-Hyacinthe, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.