flag male ancestor  Abraham  MARTEL

  (b. 1 September 1833 Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada   d. 27 September 1903 Lacolle, Québec, Canada )  

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Abraham MARTEL was born 1 September 1833 in Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada

Abraham MARTEL was the child of Louis MARTEL   and   Marie-Osithe BEAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie GOULET (maternal)  Abraham BEAUDET and Marie-Louise BARRIERE

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Abraham  married  Josephte BLAIN 23 November 1857 in Lacolle, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte BLAIN  was born 5 December 1831 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada.  Josephte died 22 January 1920 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle).  Josephte was the child of Jacques BLAIN and Marguerite BARABE.

Abraham MARTEL died 27 September 1903 in Lacolle, 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.

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Family and Children of Abraham MARTEL

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Abraham MARTEL married flag female ancestor Josephte BLAIN-- Date: 23 November 1857 Place: Lacolle, Canada East
Josephte BLAIN was the child of Jacques BLAIN and Marguerite BARABE




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Children of Abraham MARTEL and Josephte BLAIN:

flag female ancestor Marie-Marguerite MARTEL (b.1 September 1863, Lacolle, Canada East   d. 7 December 1947, St-Paul-de-l'Ile-aux-Noix, comté St-Jean, Quebec, Canada)
m. Edouard TREMBLAY 29 February 1892 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)



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birth1833 Birth
1 September 1833
Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
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
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.
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.
marriage1857 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MARTEL and Josephte BLAIN 23 November 1857, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

He was 24 years old.
1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MARTEL was born 1 September 1863, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Abraham was 30 years old.
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
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
marriage1892 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite MARTEL married 29 February 1892, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Edouard TREMBLAY
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Kings and Queens1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England
death1903 Death
27 September 1903
Lacolle, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.
Added: 5/13/2025 3:05:42 PM - Updated: 5/13/2025 3:12:09 PM

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