Gabriel-Michel MARTEL

(b. 2 September 1742 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 8 August 1803 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel-Michel MARTEL was born 2 September 1742 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Gabriel-Michel MARTEL was the child of Michel-Gabriel MARTEL and Geneviève-Catherine SENNEVILLE dite LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Madeleine GUILLOT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Madeleine-Catherine CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gabriel-Michel married Madeleine LYONNAIS 1 February 1773 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LYONNAIS was born 23 March 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine died 23 January 1808 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine was the child of Claude LYONNAIS and Louise COURVILLE dite LEFEBVRE.

Gabriel-Michel MARTEL died 8 August 1803 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Gabriel-Michel MARTEL married

Madeleine LYONNAIS-- Date: 1 February 1773 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine LYONNAIS was the child of Claude LYONNAIS and Louise COURVILLE dite LEFEBVRE

Children of Gabriel-Michel MARTEL and Madeleine LYONNAIS:

Thérèse MARTEL (b.13 December 1779, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 August 1836, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine PROULX 16 February 1801 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1742 Birth
2 September 1742
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel-Michel MARTEL and Madeleine LYONNAIS 1 February 1773, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 30 years old.

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.

1779 Birth of Child
Thérèse MARTEL was born 13 December 1779, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel-Michel was 37 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage of Child
Thérèse MARTEL married 16 February 1801, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Antoine PROULX