Leandre TREMBLAY

Born

20 May 1819 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

13 January 1873 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Leandre married Calixte RIVERIN 8 November 1842 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Calixte RIVERIN was born 13 March 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Calixte died 4 December 1886 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Calixte was the child of Antoine RIVERIN and Marie-Anne BLACKBURN .

Parents & Family of Leandre TREMBLAY

Parents of Leandre TREMBLAY

Father

Joseph TREMBLAY

Mother

Elisabeth DESBIENS

Grandparents of Leandre TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Andre TREMBLAY Anne DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents

Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS Marie-Anne HARVEY

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Leandre TREMBLAY

Leandre TREMBLAY married

Calixte RIVERIN
Marriage date: 8 November 1842
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Calixte RIVERIN was the child of Antoine RIVERIN and Marie-Anne BLACKBURN

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

Children of Leandre TREMBLAY and Calixte RIVERIN

Marguerite TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1844, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Josephine TREMBLAY

Born: 26 September 1845, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 4 November 1915, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

Married: François-Xavier PACAUD 20 September 1864 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

Celina TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Henri TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 January 1930, Saint-Malachie, Dorchester, Canada

Married: Clara SWEESEY 5 June 1889 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Leandre TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Born: 17 April 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 25 April 1921, Alma, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin SIMARD 6 April 1880 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Georgiana TREMBLAY

Born: 10 May 1861, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 2 April 1906, Sainte-Catherine-de-Katevale, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada

Married: Cyprien TREMBLAY 22 August 1881 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Eugene TREMBLAY

Born: 3 March 1865, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Leandre's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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 — 1819
20 May 1819
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Leandre TREMBLAY and Calixte RIVERIN 8 November 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine TREMBLAY was born 26 September 1845, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Leandre was 26 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 17 April 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Leandre was 37 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Georgiana TREMBLAY was born 10 May 1861, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Leandre was 42 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephine TREMBLAY married 20 September 1864, Chicoutimi, Canada East to François-Xavier PACAUD

1865 Birth of Child
Eugene TREMBLAY was born 3 March 1865, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Leandre was 45 years old.

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.