Honore MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE
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MARTEL - from Old French 'martle' which means hammer. Nickname given to a blacksmith or stone breaker. The name of Martel formerly designated a mace, a shock weapon with a head furnished with spikes, hence the nickname of Charles Martel, who fought the Saracens, at Poitiers in 732; the name hammer was then given to a forge tool. The name of Martel evokes, at the same time, the brave knights and the modest craftsmen. Honoré Martel-Lamontagne was born circa 1632 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Son of Jean Martel and Marie Duchesne, he married Marguerite Mirault, daughter of François and Jeanne Closse-Claus, on November 26, 1668 in Quebec. From this union were born 14 children. Widowed in September 1706, he married Marie Marchand, widow of Joseph Massé, on November 3, 1707 in Quebec. This union remains without posterity. Arrived in the country on June 30, 1665 with the Sieur de Tracy, this soldier of the Allier regiment settled in Quebec, then Neuville. The date of his death, which occurred between June 16, 1712 and September 3, 1714, remains unknown.

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