Antoine MARTEL

Born

20 September 1810 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

18 January 1885 , Eaton Township, Compton, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 20 September 1810 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Antoine married Marie-Esther BOUCHARD 17 February 1835 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Esther BOUCHARD was born 26 December 1812 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . Marie-Esther died 24 November 1878 in Cookshire, Le Haut-Saint-François, Québec, Canada.

Antoine MARTEL died 18 January 1885 in Eaton Township, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine MARTEL

Antoine MARTEL married

Marie-Esther BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 17 February 1835
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Antoine MARTEL and Marie-Esther BOUCHARD

Marguerite MARTEL

Born: 6 March 1838, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 23 November 1896, Derby, Vermont, USA

Married: Augustin Justus DUBOIS (WOOD) 20 October 1856 Place: Sherbrooke, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1810
20 September 1810
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MARTEL and Marie-Esther BOUCHARD 17 February 1835, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Marguerite MARTEL was born 6 March 1838, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 27 years old.

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MARTEL married 20 October 1856, Sherbrooke, Canada East to Augustin Justus DUBOIS (WOOD)

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)

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.