Charles HAMEL

Born

abt. 1624 , St-Aubin d'Avremesnil, Dieppe, Rouen, France

Died

September 7, 1721 , Québec Province, Canada

Charles married Judith AUVRAY 29 April 1647 in Avremesnil, France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Judith AUVRAY was born 1630 in St-Aubin d'Avemesnil, Dieppe, Rouen, Normandie, France. Judith died January 28, 1654 in Avremesnil, Seine-Maritime, France.

Charles married Catherine LEMAITRE 19 June 1656 in Dieppe, France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine LEMAITRE was born abt. 1630 in Dieppe, France.

Parents & Family of Charles HAMEL

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Charles was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1662.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles HAMEL

Charles HAMEL married

Judith AUVRAY
Marriage date: 29 April 1647
Marriage place: Avremesnil, France

Children of Charles HAMEL and Judith AUVRAY

Jean HAMEL

Born: 1 January 1652, Avremesnil, Seine-Maritime, France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE 16 February 1677 Place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

Charles HAMEL married

Catherine LEMAITRE
Marriage date: 19 June 1656
Marriage place: Dieppe, France

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Children of Charles HAMEL and Catherine LEMAITRE

Charles HAMEL

Born: 7 September 1658, , France
Died: 24 July 1728, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Angélique LEVASSEUR 1682 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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HAMEL - from the Germanic 'haim' which means 'home, hearth'. Or, diminutive of the old French 'ham' which means 'small village' and designates a group of isolated dwellings (a hamlet).

Charles Hamel was born between 1624 and 1627, in Saint-Aubin d'Avremesnil, in Dieppe in Normandy. He is the son of François Hamel, the name of the mother not appearing on any document. He probably arrived in New France in 1656 with his brother Jean. Around 1650, he married in Avremesnil, Judith Auvray who would not come to Canada. From this union was born in France, in 1652, a son named Jean who will make the crossing with his father. On June 19, 1656, he married Catherine Le Maistre with whom he had another son, Charles, born in 1659. In 1662, the family settled on the Côte Saint-Michel in the seigneury of Sillery, where the father receives an area of sixty acres of land from the Jesuits, to add another fifty acres in 1663. He will therefore carry out several other transactions to acquire other

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