Joseph TREMBLAY

Born

16 June 1814 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

30 October 1874 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Esther NORMANDIN 18 October 1836 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther NORMANDIN was born 2 October 1814 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Esther was the child of Paul NORMANDIN and Agnes FAILLE .

Parents & Family of Joseph TREMBLAY

Parents of Joseph TREMBLAY

Father

Joseph TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie DUPUIS

Grandparents of Joseph TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph TREMBLAY Marie-Anne CHENAIL (GENAILLE)

Maternal grandparents

Barthelemy DUPUIS Marie-Angélique ROY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph TREMBLAY

Joseph TREMBLAY married

Esther NORMANDIN
Marriage date: 18 October 1836
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Esther NORMANDIN was the child of Paul NORMANDIN and Agnes FAILLE

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Esther NORMANDIN

Paul-Hormisdas TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Euphemie BRAULT 19 February 1862 Place: La Prairie, Canada East

Married: Marie Rosina GRAVEL 4 October 1879 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1814
16 June 1814
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

1836 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Esther NORMANDIN 18 October 1836, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 22 years old.

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)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Paul-Hormisdas TREMBLAY married 19 February 1862, La Prairie, Canada East to Euphemie BRAULT

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.