Jean-Louis HAMEL

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11 March 1740 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Died

20 August 1808 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Charles HAMEL Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Born: 11 March 1740 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Charles HAMEL

Mother: Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Joseph HAMEL , Marie-Angélique GAUTHIER

Maternal grandparents: François GARNIER (GRENIER) , Marie-Louise BISSON

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Jean-Louis married Josephte HAMEL 20 August 1764 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte HAMEL was born 28 March 1732 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Josephte died 15 March 1806 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Louis HAMEL and Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE.

Jean-Louis HAMEL died 20 August 1808 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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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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Josephte HAMEL
Marriage date: 20 August 1764
Marriage place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte HAMEL was the child of Louis HAMEL and Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

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Birth — 1740
11 March 1740
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis HAMEL and Josephte HAMEL 20 August 1764, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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.