Abraham MARTEL

Born

6 August 1808 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

12 September 1862 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

Abraham married Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY 9 November 1830 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY was born 24 November 1813 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Marie-Lucrece died 4 April 1872 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Marie-Lucrece was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Therese BELLEY .

Parents & Family of Abraham MARTEL

Parents of Abraham MARTEL

Father

Abraham MARTEL

Mother

Rosalie BOILY

Grandparents of Abraham MARTEL

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Joseph MARTEL Angelique SAVARD

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BOILY Amable COTE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abraham MARTEL

Abraham MARTEL married

Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 9 November 1830
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY was the child of Francois TREMBLAY and Therese BELLEY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Abraham MARTEL and Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY

Adeline MARTEL

Born: 30 August 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 9 March 1865, Laterrière, Canada East

Married: Jules TREMBLAY 17 February 1857 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

Abraham MARTEL

Born: 19 January 1845, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 22 June 1890, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie Anne TREMBLAY 7 February 1865 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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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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Birth — 1808
6 August 1808
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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.

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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MARTEL and Marie-Lucrece TREMBLAY 9 November 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Adeline MARTEL was born 30 August 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Abraham was 22 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Abraham MARTEL was born 19 January 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Abraham was 36 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Adeline MARTEL married 17 February 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East to Jules TREMBLAY

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser