Modeste MARTEL

Born

28 July 1798 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

20 January 1846 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

Modeste married Alexandre TREMBLAY 17 April 1826 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Alexandre TREMBLAY was born abt. 1802 in Québec Province, Canada. Alexandre died 16 February 1896 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada . Alexandre was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY .

Parents & Family of Modeste MARTEL

Parents of Modeste MARTEL

Father

Etienne MARTEL

Mother

Elisabeth GONTHIER

Grandparents of Modeste MARTEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph MARTEL Marie-Geneviève TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Pierre GONTHIER Marguerite-Elisabeth SIMARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Modeste MARTEL

Modeste MARTEL married

Alexandre TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 17 April 1826
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Alexandre TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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

Children of Alexandre TREMBLAY and Modeste MARTEL

Flavie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 December 1856, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

Delima TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 April 1891, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Theophile DUCHESNE 7 September 1869 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 February 1911, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Married: Come DUCHESNE 21 September 1869 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Modeste's Québec records.

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 — 1798
28 July 1798
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Modeste MARTEL and Alexandre TREMBLAY 17 April 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 27 years old.

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 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)