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  (b. 6 March 1648 Québec, Canada, New France   d. 19 June 1711 Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France )  

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Charles-Amador MARTIN was born 6 March 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France

Charles-Amador MARTIN was the child of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS   and   Marguerite LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean MARTIN and Isabelle COTE (maternal)  Guillaume-Jean LANGLOIS and Jeanne MILLET

Charles-Amador MARTIN died 19 June 1711 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France .
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Charles-Amador MARTIN was a musician, the second native Canadian to be ordained a priest.
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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birth1648 Birth
6 March 1648
Québec, Canada, New France
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MARTIN, CHARLES-AMADOR, musician, the second native Canadian to be ordained a priest; b. in Quebec, 7 March 1648, son of Abraham Martin*, dit L’Écossais, and Marguerite Langlois, godson of Charles de Saint-Étienne* de La Tour; d. at Sainte-Foy near Quebec, 19 June 1711.

Martin obtained his elementary and theological education from the Jesuits in Quebec. As part of his training, on 15 July 1667 he and his fellow student Pierre Francheville engaged in a public disputation “on the whole of Philosophy, with honour, and in presence of a considerable audience.” Ordained a priest by Bishop Laval on 14 March 1671, Martin spent his career in or near Quebec. His first position was that of parish priest at Beauport; in 1672, while he was incumbent, the wooden church there was replaced with a stone building. Later he was pastor at Sainte-Famille, again at Beauport, at Château-Richer and Ange-Gardien-de-Montmorency. In 1673 he assisted in the conduct of elections at the Quebec Hôtel-Dieu, the...Read MORE...


Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
death1711 Death
19 June 1711
Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 63.
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