Abel MARTEL

Born

28 July 1827 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

30 September 1895 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Isaac MARTEL Christine BOUCHARD

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Born: 28 July 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Isaac MARTEL

Mother: Christine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph MARTEL , Genevieve GAGNE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BOUCHARD , Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Abel married Adele GIRARD 15 July 1851 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adele GIRARD was born 13 November 1826 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adele died 6 January 1866 in L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada. Adele was the child of Lambert GIRARD and Quirille BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS.

Abel MARTEL died 30 September 1895 in Chicoutimi, Québec, 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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Adele GIRARD
Marriage date: 15 July 1851
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Adele GIRARD was the child of Lambert GIRARD and Quirille BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

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Children of Abel MARTEL and Adele GIRARD

Louise MARTEL

Born: 8 January 1864, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Died: 28 March 1923, Chambord, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 16 September 1895

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Birth — 1827
28 July 1827
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

1851 Marriage / Partner
Abel MARTEL and Adele GIRARD 15 July 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 years old.

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.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Louise MARTEL was born 8 January 1864, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Abel was 36 years old.

1866 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adele GIRARD died 6 January 1866, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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.