flag male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste  MARTEL

  (b. 21 March 1805 Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada   d. 29 July 1899 Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada )  

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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was born 21 March 1805 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL was the child of ?   and   ?

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Jean-Baptiste  married  Marie-Esther MARCOTTE 29 April 1834 in Drummondville, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Esther MARCOTTE  was born 24 November 1817 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) .  Marie-Esther died 23 July 1870 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada. 

Jean-Baptiste MARTEL died 29 July 1899 in Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, 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 Jean-Baptiste MARTEL

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Jean-Baptiste MARTEL married flag female ancestor Marie-Esther MARCOTTE-- Date: 29 April 1834 Place: Drummondville, Lower Canada


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Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Esther MARCOTTE:

flag female ancestor Marie Rose MARTEL (b.April 1839, Warwick, Arthabaska, Lower Canada  d. 5 May 1929, Thompson, Connecticut, USA )
m. Joseph HOULE 11 January 1870



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birth1805 Birth
21 March 1805
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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
marriage1834 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Marie-Esther MARCOTTE 29 April 1834, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

He was 29 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1839 Birth of Child
Marie Rose MARTEL was born April 1839, Warwick, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.
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.
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
1870 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Esther MARCOTTE died 23 July 1870, Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, 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
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
death1899 Death
29 July 1899
Warwick, Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

He died at the age of 94.
Added: 11/5/2025 1:51:52 PM - Updated: 11/5/2025 1:52:29 PM

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