HELP! flag male ancestor  Joseph  TURMEL

  (b. 6 February 1816 Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada   d. 6 April 1894 Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada )  

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Joseph TURMEL was born 6 February 1816 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Joseph TURMEL was the child of Augustin TURMEL   and   Geneviève DOYON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-François TURMEL and Françoise BISSON (BUISSON) (maternal)  Jean-Alexis DOYON and Geneviève NADEAU

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Joseph  married  Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU) 1 February 1842 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child. Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU)  was born 26 August 1823 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce).  Geneviève died 5 May 1882 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce).  Geneviève was the child of Louis FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Geneviève JACQUES.

Joseph TURMEL died 6 April 1894 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Joseph TURMEL married flag female ancestor Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU)-- Date: 1 February 1842 Place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU) was the child of Louis FILTEAU (FECTEAU) and Geneviève JACQUES




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


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birth1816 Birth
6 February 1816
Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1842 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TURMEL and Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU) 1 February 1842, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 26 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
1853 Birth of Child
Jean TURMEL was born 28 December 1853, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 37 years old.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1882 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève FILTEAU (FECTEAU) died 5 May 1882, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)
marriage1882 Marriage of Child
Jean TURMEL married 1 August 1882, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Elmire GREGOIRE
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1894 Death
6 April 1894
Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 78.
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