Jean-Joseph HAMEL

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10 May 1740 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Died

19 July 1820 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Louis HAMEL Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

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Born: 10 May 1740 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Father: Louis HAMEL

Mother: Marie-Françoise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

Paternal grandparents: Jean HAMEL , Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph HOUDE dit BELLEFEUILLE , Louise-Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Jean-Joseph married Louise AUGER 18 February 1765 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . Louise AUGER was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louise died 6 November 1778 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Pierre AUGER and Marie-Therese RIVARD dite LAVIGNE.

Jean-Joseph married (2) Madeleine MARCOTTE 24 January 1780 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine MARCOTTE was born 31 August 1756 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Madeleine died 20 July 1810 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Francois MARCOTTE and Therese MORISSET.

Jean-Joseph HAMEL died 19 July 1820 in Maskinongé, Lower 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-Joseph HAMEL married

Louise AUGER
Marriage date: 18 February 1765
Marriage place: Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Louise AUGER was the child of Pierre AUGER and Marie-Therese RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

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Jean-Joseph HAMEL married

Madeleine MARCOTTE
Marriage date: 24 January 1780
Marriage place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine MARCOTTE was the child of Jean-Francois MARCOTTE and Therese MORISSET

Children of Jean-Joseph HAMEL and Madeleine MARCOTTE

Brigitte HAMEL

Born: 11 December 1790, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 October 1864, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East

Married: Jean DUBOIS 18 February 1828 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1740
10 May 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Joseph HAMEL and Louise AUGER 18 February 1765, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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.

1778 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louise AUGER died 6 November 1778, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

1780 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Joseph HAMEL and Madeleine MARCOTTE 24 January 1780, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 39 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Brigitte HAMEL was born 11 December 1790, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Jean-Joseph was 50 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine MARCOTTE died 20 July 1810, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1820
19 July 1820
Maskinongé, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 80.

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