Modeste TREMBLAY

Born

29 May 1791 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

14 February 1863 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Louis TREMBLAY Victoire SAVARD

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Born: 29 May 1791 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis TREMBLAY

Mother: Victoire SAVARD

Paternal grandparents: Basile TREMBLAY , Marie-Françoise THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SAVARD , Marguerite BRISSON

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Modeste married Isaac GIRARD 8 February 1814 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Isaac GIRARD was born 28 May 1791 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Isaac died 6 November 1879 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Isaac was the child of René GIRARD and Marguerite FOURNIER.

Modeste TREMBLAY died 14 February 1863 in Les Éboulements, Canada East .
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Modeste TREMBLAY married

Isaac GIRARD
Marriage date: 8 February 1814
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Isaac GIRARD was the child of René GIRARD and Marguerite FOURNIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Isaac GIRARD and Modeste TREMBLAY

Marie GIRARD

Born: 20 February 1815, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Damase TREMBLAY 11 January 1836 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Caroline GIRARD

Born: 9 May 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 11 August 1818, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Modeste GIRARD

Born: 18 September 1818, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1898, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Telesphore GIRARD

Born: 23 January 1820, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Abigail GIRARD

Born: 22 March 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 21 September 1858, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Esprit GIRARD 8 February 1848 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Josephine GIRARD

Born: 20 March 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 16 March 1897, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Seraphin MARTEL 15 July 1845 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Timothee GIRARD

Born: 5 June 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1863, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Olympe TREMBLAY 2 September 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Zoe GIRARD

Born: 23 June 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gedeon TREMBLAY 2 September 1850 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Zebede GIRARD

Born: 15 January 1826, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 22 October 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Helene GIRARD

Born: 27 March 1827, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 26 May 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Pierre-Elie GIRARD

Born: 9 December 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 16 October 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Eusebe GIRARD

Born: 15 July 1834, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 9 December 1906, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Beatrix TREMBLAY 8 November 1853 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1791
29 May 1791
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Modeste TREMBLAY and Isaac GIRARD 8 February 1814 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 22 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Marie GIRARD was born 20 February 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Caroline GIRARD was born 9 May 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 25 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Death of Child
Caroline GIRARD died 11 August 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 27 years old.

1818 Birth of Child
Modeste GIRARD was born 18 September 1818, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 27 years old.

1820 Birth of Child
Telesphore GIRARD was born 23 January 1820, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 28 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Abigail GIRARD was born 22 March 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 29 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Josephine GIRARD was born 20 March 1822, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 30 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Timothee GIRARD was born 5 June 1823, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 32 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Zoe GIRARD was born 23 June 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 33 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Zebede GIRARD was born 15 January 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 34 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Helene GIRARD was born 27 March 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 35 years old.

1828 Death of Child
Helene GIRARD died 26 May 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 37 years old.

1828 Death of Child
Zebede GIRARD died 22 October 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 37 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Pierre-Elie GIRARD was born 9 December 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 39 years old.

1832 Death of Child
Pierre-Elie GIRARD died 16 October 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 41 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Eusebe GIRARD was born 15 July 1834, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 43 years old.

1836 Marriage of Child
Marie GIRARD married 11 January 1836, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada to Damase TREMBLAY

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage of Child
Josephine GIRARD married 15 July 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Seraphin MARTEL

1848 Marriage of Child
Abigail GIRARD married 8 February 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Esprit GIRARD

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Marriage of Child
Timothee GIRARD married 2 September 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Olympe TREMBLAY

1850 Marriage of Child
Zoe GIRARD married 2 September 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Gedeon TREMBLAY

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage of Child
Eusebe GIRARD married 8 November 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East to Beatrix TREMBLAY

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Death of Child
Abigail GIRARD died 21 September 1858, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 67 years old.

Death — 1863
14 February 1863
Les Éboulements, Canada East
She died at the age of 71.

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