Jean-Baptiste
MARTEL
Born
21 March 1805
,
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
Died
29 July 1899
,
Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
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Born: 21 March 1805 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Esther MARCOTTE 29 April 1834 in Drummondville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Esther MARCOTTE was born 24 November 1817 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Esther died 23 July 1870 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL died 29 July 1899 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL married 
Marie-Esther MARCOTTE
Marriage date: 29 April 1834
Marriage place: Drummondville, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Marie-Esther MARCOTTEMarriage date: 29 April 1834
Marriage place: Drummondville, Lower Canada
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Esther MARCOTTE
Marie Rose MARTELBorn: April 1839, Warwick, Arthabaska, Lower Canada
Died: 5 May 1929, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Died: 5 May 1929, Thompson, Connecticut, USA
Married: Joseph HOULE 11 January 1870
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Birth — 180521 March 1805
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1834 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Esther MARCOTTE 29 April 1834, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)
He was 29 years old.
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1839 Birth of ChildMarie Rose MARTEL was born April 1839, Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.
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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of 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.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Esther MARCOTTE died 23 July 1870, Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of CanadaDeath — 189929 July 1899
Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 94.
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