Marie-Josephte MARTEL

Born

6 February 1761 , Les Éboulements, Canada

Died

1 April 1800 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Joseph MARTEL Marie-Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Marie-Josephte MARTEL was born 6 February 1761 in Les Éboulements, Canada

Marie-Josephte MARTEL was the child of Joseph MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Anne SIMARD (maternal) Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY and Geneviève GONTHIER

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Marie-Josephte married Pierre BILODEAU 13 January 1788 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre BILODEAU was born 22 February 1751 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Pierre died 9 December 1827 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Pierre was the child of Pierre BILODEAU and Gertrude PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT).

Marie-Josephte MARTEL died 1 April 1800 in La Malbaie, 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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Marie-Josephte MARTEL married

Pierre BILODEAU-- Date: 13 January 1788 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre BILODEAU was the child of Pierre BILODEAU and Gertrude PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Children of Pierre BILODEAU and Marie-Josephte MARTEL

Genevieve BILODEAU (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 December 1863, Matane, Canada East )
m. Hilaire IMBEAULT 24 October 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Pierre BILODEAU (b.abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 March 1863, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Marie MALTAIS 15 February 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1761 Birth
6 February 1761
Les Éboulements, 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte MARTEL and Pierre BILODEAU 13 January 1788, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 26 years old.

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

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