Joseph HAMELIN

(b. 11 February 1732 , Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 18 August 1810 , Grondines, Lower Canada )

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Joseph HAMELIN was born 11 February 1732 in Deschambault, Canada, New France

Joseph HAMELIN was the child of Joseph HAMELIN and Madeleine TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) François HAMELIN and Madeleine AUBERT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER and Marie-Madeleine RIVARD dite LORANGER

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Joseph married Marie LANDRY 23 November 1768 in Grondines, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LANDRY was born 2 September 1752 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died 16 April 1813 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Marie was the child of Joseph François LANDRY and Jeanne ROBICHAUD.

Joseph HAMELIN died 18 August 1810 in Grondines, 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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Joseph HAMELIN married

Marie LANDRY-- Date: 23 November 1768 Place: Grondines, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie LANDRY was the child of Joseph François LANDRY and Jeanne ROBICHAUD

Children of Joseph HAMELIN and Marie LANDRY:

Elisabeth HAMELIN (b.19 November 1787, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 October 1868, Grondines, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre MATHIEU 30 July 1817 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1732 Birth
11 February 1732
Deschambault, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Joseph HAMELIN and Marie LANDRY 23 November 1768, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

He 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Elisabeth HAMELIN was born 19 November 1787, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Joseph was 55 years old.

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

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

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