Jean-Baptiste MARTEL

(b. 24 June 1794 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1886 , Amqui, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was born 24 June 1794 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was the child of Augustin MARTEL and Ursule-Elisabeth MICHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine MARTEL and Marie-Francoise RATTÉ (RATE) (maternal) Jean-Marie MICHON and Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT 24 November 1821 in Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT was born 11 April 1802 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Emelie died 15 April 1849 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges). Emelie was the child of Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Ursule LEBLANC.

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL died 26 August 1886 in Amqui, Canada.
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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL married

Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT-- Date: 24 November 1821 Place: Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada

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Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT was the child of Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Ursule LEBLANC

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT:

Magloire MARTEL (b.20 October 1822, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. 25 August 1857, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )
m. Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT 16 January 1844 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Flavie MARTEL (b.27 December 1828, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Paul-Calixte TREMBLAY 24 August 1857

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1794 Birth
24 June 1794
Trois-Rivières, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT 24 November 1821, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

He was 27 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Magloire MARTEL was born 20 October 1822, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Flavie MARTEL was born 27 December 1828, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Magloire MARTEL married 16 January 1844, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Marie-Genevieve MALENFANT

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT died 15 April 1849, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

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 Death of Child
Magloire MARTEL died 25 August 1857, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste was 63 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.