Complex sentence: In Fortierville, Quebec, a small village on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River a hundred kilometers southwest of Quebec, the Gagnons' first child Marie-Jeanne was born in August 1907.
Split into simpler sentences: In Fortierville, Quebec, a small village on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, a hundred kilometers southwest of Quebec. The Gagnons' first child Marie-Jeanne was born in August 1907.