Pierre TREMBLAY

Born

22 March 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 May 1840 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Born: 22 March 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Pierre TREMBLAY

Father

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Amable LESTAGE

Grandparents of Pierre TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Jacques TREMBLAY Marie-Renee ROY

Maternal grandparents

Pierre LESTAGE Marie-Madeleine RIVET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER 9 November 1795 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER was born 18 February 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Catherine died 13 September 1834 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marie-Catherine was the child of Antoine LÉCUYER and Françoise GLINEL (DELINEL).

Pierre TREMBLAY died 9 May 1840 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre TREMBLAY

Pierre TREMBLAY married

Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER
Marriage date: 9 November 1795
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER was the child of Antoine LÉCUYER and Françoise GLINEL (DELINEL)

Children of Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER

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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 — 1774
22 March 1774
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Pierre TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER 9 November 1795, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 21 years old.

1795 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

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

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

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

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Catherine LÉCUYER died 13 September 1834, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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)

Death — 1840
9 May 1840
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 66.

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