Louis-Benjamin-Benoni MARTIN

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11 July 1762 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

Died

17 February 1826 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Joseph MARTIN Théotiste-Rosalie PELLETIER

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Born: 11 July 1762 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

Father: Joseph MARTIN

Mother: Théotiste-Rosalie PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents: François-Lucien MARTIN , Marie-Françoise AUTIN

Maternal grandparents: Charles PELLETIER , Barbe ST-PIERRE

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Louis-Benjamin-Benoni married Angélique PELLETIER 20 February 1786 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique PELLETIER was born 19 November 1762 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Angélique died 9 April 1846 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Genevieve TALBOT dite GERVAIS.

Louis-Benjamin-Benoni MARTIN died 17 February 1826 in Kamouraska, 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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Louis-Benjamin-Benoni MARTIN married

Angélique PELLETIER
Marriage date: 20 February 1786
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique PELLETIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Genevieve TALBOT dite GERVAIS

Children of Louis-Benjamin-Benoni MARTIN and Angélique PELLETIER

Marie-Josephe MARTIN

Born: 14 July 1789, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 14 February 1853, La Baie, Canada East

Married: Pierre SERGERIE dit ST-JORRE 9 February 1807 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Elie MARTIN

Born: 20 November 1794, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 5 June 1876, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada

Married: Emerence DUBE 27 October 1818 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Olivier MARTIN

Born: abt. 1803, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Eleonore PELLETIER 5 February 1827 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1762
11 July 1762
Rivière-Ouelle, Canada

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.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Benjamin-Benoni MARTIN and Angélique PELLETIER 20 February 1786, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe MARTIN was born 14 July 1789, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Louis-Benjamin-Benoni was 27 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Elie MARTIN was born 20 November 1794, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Louis-Benjamin-Benoni was 32 years old.

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe MARTIN married 9 February 1807, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Pierre SERGERIE dit ST-JORRE

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Elie MARTIN married 27 October 1818, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Emerence DUBE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)