Jean-Baptiste MARTEL

(b. 16 September 1722 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 19 September 1776 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was born 16 September 1722 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was the child of Joseph-Alphonse MARTEL and Marguerite GROINIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Marguerite LAMIRAULT (maternal) Nicolas-Pierre GROINIER dit MÉTIVIER and Marie BOUAT (BOETE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE 19 September 1746 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE was born 25 April 1726 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Marguerite died 21 January 1789 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jacques JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Marguerite DUFRESNE.

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL died 19 September 1776 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL married

Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE-- Date: 19 September 1746 Place: Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE was the child of Jacques JANOT dit LACHAPELLE and Marguerite DUFRESNE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE:

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL (b.2 June 1748, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1797, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Charlotte GARIEPY 6 October 1769 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Nicolas MARTEL (b.7 November 1751, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 17 August 1832, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Françoise CARRE 19 July 1773 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Rose MARTEL (b.16 December 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 20 November 1782, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean Baptiste LANDRY 11 May 1772 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1722 Birth
16 September 1722
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1746 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Marguerite JANOT dite LACHAPELLE 19 September 1746, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

He was 24 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was born 2 June 1748, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Nicolas MARTEL was born 7 November 1751, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose MARTEL was born 16 December 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL married 6 October 1769, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Marie-Charlotte GARIEPY

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose MARTEL married 11 May 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Jean Baptiste LANDRY

1773 Marriage of Child
Nicolas MARTEL married 19 July 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Françoise CARRE

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.