Marie-Josephe MARTEL

(b. 28 April 1725 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1806 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe MARTEL was born 28 April 1725 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe MARTEL was the child of Antoine MARTEL and Catherine GUILLOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Honore MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Marguerite LAMIRAULT (maternal) Vincent GUILLOT and Isabelle (Elisabeth) BLAIS (BLAY)

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Marie-Josephe married Francois FORTIER 11 August 1744 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois FORTIER was born 5 February 1713 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francois died 31 July 1789 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Francois was the child of Charles FORTIER and Marie-Françoise BLOUIN.

Marie-Josephe MARTEL died 5 May 1806 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower 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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Marie-Josephe MARTEL married

Francois FORTIER-- Date: 11 August 1744 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Francois FORTIER was the child of Charles FORTIER and Marie-Françoise BLOUIN

Children of Francois FORTIER and Marie-Josephe MARTEL:

François FORTIER (b.28 October 1745, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 15 September 1828, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth PLANTE 8 January 1776 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Madeleine-Helene FORTIER (b.18 February 1754, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 September 1831, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. François COTE 12 January 1778 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1725 Birth
28 April 1725
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe MARTEL and Francois FORTIER 11 August 1744 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
François FORTIER was born 28 October 1745, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Josephe was 20 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Helene FORTIER was born 18 February 1754, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Marie-Josephe was 28 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.