Marie-Barbe MARTEL

(b. 25 September 1727 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1799 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Barbe MARTEL was born 25 September 1727 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Marie-Barbe MARTEL was the child of Paul MARTEL and Marie-Geneviève HOUDE dite GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Madeleine GUILLOT (maternal) Gervais HOUDE and Anne-Catherine DENEVERS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Barbe married Pierre-Gervais LEMAY 7 April 1750 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Gervais LEMAY was born 5 January 1723 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Pierre-Gervais died 23 May 1789 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Pierre-Gervais was the child of Simon LEMAY and Marie-Anne RICHER.

Marie-Barbe MARTEL died 21 August 1799 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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-Barbe MARTEL married

Pierre-Gervais LEMAY-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

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Pierre-Gervais LEMAY was the child of Simon LEMAY and Marie-Anne RICHER

Children of Pierre-Gervais LEMAY and Marie-Barbe MARTEL:

Charles LEMAY (b.7 April 1764, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1828, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Anne-Angelique BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE 11 February 1800 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
25 September 1727
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Barbe MARTEL and Pierre-Gervais LEMAY 7 April 1750, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Charles LEMAY was born 7 April 1764, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

Marie-Barbe was 36 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.