Marguerite HAMEL

(b. 31 December 1720 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 9 October 1789 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite HAMEL was born 31 December 1720 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marguerite HAMEL was the child of Jean-Charles HAMEL and Marguerite DUBREUIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles HAMEL and Angélique LEVASSEUR (maternal) Jean-Étienne DUBREUIL and Marguerite LEGARDEUR

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Marguerite married Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE 26 November 1742 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE was born 7 October 1717 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Louis-Joseph died 16 April 1779 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Louis-Joseph was the child of André ROBITAILLE and Françoise-Catherine CHEVALIER.

Marguerite HAMEL died 9 October 1789 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Robitaille Louis-Joseph

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Marguerite HAMEL married

Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE-- Date: 26 November 1742 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE was the child of André ROBITAILLE and Françoise-Catherine CHEVALIER

Children of Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE and Marguerite HAMEL:

Madeleine ROBITAILLE (b.25 May 1749, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1829, L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph ALAIN 18 January 1773 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1720 Birth
31 December 1720
L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite HAMEL and Louis-Joseph ROBITAILLE 26 November 1742, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 21 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Madeleine ROBITAILLE was born 25 May 1749, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1773 Marriage of Child
Madeleine ROBITAILLE married 18 January 1773, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Joseph ALAIN

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.