Agathe BLAIS

Born

3 August 1784 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

30 October 1873 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada

Agathe married Joseph TREMBLAY 13 January 1818 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 27 April 1794 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREPANIER .

Parents & Family of Agathe BLAIS

Parents of Agathe BLAIS

Father

Augustin BLAIS

Mother

Angelique MERCIER

Grandparents of Agathe BLAIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BLAIS Marguerite ROY

Maternal grandparents

Augustin MERCIER Marie-Anne JOLY

m. Tremblay Joseph

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Agathe BLAIS

Agathe BLAIS married

Joseph TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 13 January 1818
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Agathe BLAIS and Joseph TREMBLAY
Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREPANIER

Marriage notes:

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

Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Agathe BLAIS

Godefroy TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1818, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Scholastique BEDARD 22 May 1848 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East

Benoni TREMBLAY

Born: 11 June 1822, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada
Died: 13 November 1910, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilie ROBERGE 10 February 1846 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1784
3 August 1784
Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

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

1818 Marriage / Partner
Agathe BLAIS and Joseph TREMBLAY 13 January 1818, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 33 years old.

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

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Benoni TREMBLAY was born 11 June 1822, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Agathe was 37 years old.

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Benoni TREMBLAY married 10 February 1846, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada East to Emilie ROBERGE

1848 Marriage of Child
Godefroy TREMBLAY married 22 May 1848, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East to Scholastique BEDARD

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

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - 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.