Joseph Amédée Hamel
Names Ferdinand Hamel, farmer, and Georgiana Plante as his parents.
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In 1899, a farmer named Ferdinand Hamel and his wife Georgiana Plante welcomed their son Joseph Amédée in Sainte-Agathe, Québec. A century later, a baptismal entry helped reconnect their descendants to that moment.
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Names Ferdinand Hamel, farmer, and Georgiana Plante as his parents.
● Reviewed originalIdentifies his parents as Modeste Hamel and Éloïse Sévigny.
● Reviewed originalMarriage entry identifies the couple's parents, extending the family line.
● Reviewed originalReported marriage of Olivier Hamel and Rosalie Dubois; original review underway.
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