Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Ambroise  TREMBLAY

  (b. 21 March 1716 Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France   d. 1 March 1767 Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) )  

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Ambroise TREMBLAY was born 21 March 1716 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Ambroise TREMBLAY was the child of Michel TREMBLAY   and   Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre TREMBLAY and Ozanne ACHON (maternal)  Claude BOUCHARD dit LEPETIT and Louise GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

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

Ambroise  married  Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE 20 January 1744 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE  was born 21 March 1726 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).  Marguerite died 8 May 1771 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.  Marguerite was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Catherine-Marguerite FORTIN.

Ambroise TREMBLAY died 1 March 1767 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan).
Details of the family tree of Ambroise appear below.

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Family and Children of Ambroise TREMBLAY

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Ambroise TREMBLAY married flag female ancestor Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE-- Date: 20 January 1744 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
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Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Catherine-Marguerite FORTIN




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Children of Ambroise TREMBLAY and Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE:

flag male ancestor François Joseph TREMBLAY (b.5 October 1745, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France   d. 28 April 1818, Detroit, Michigan Territory)
m. Magdelene MESNY 11 April 1768 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

flag male ancestor Ambroise TREMBLAY (b.27 November 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France   d. 15 December 1805, Detroit, Michigan Territory)

flag male ancestor Basile TREMBLAY (b.27 November 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France   d. , )

flag female ancestor Marie Genevieve TREMBLAY (b.19 September 1748, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France   d. February 1786, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan))
m. Joseph Marie SAUCIER 10 August 1767 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

flag male ancestor Louis Jean Francois TREMBLAY (b.23 January 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France   d. 27 September 1794, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana Territory)

flag female ancestor Marie Josephe TREMBLAY (b.24 September 1751, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. , )

flag male ancestor Ignace TREMBLAY (b.13 July 1753, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. 5 December 1815, Detroit, Michigan Territory)

flag male ancestor Simon TREMBLAY (b.24 April 1755, Grosse Pointe, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. , )

flag baby girl ancestor Marie Marguerite TREMBLAY (b.10 October 1757, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. September 1758, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan))

flag male ancestor Etienne TREMBLAY (b.8 February 1759, Grosse Pointe, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. , )

flag male ancestor Michel TREMBLAY (b.30 January 1761, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. , )

flag male ancestor Joseph Hector TREMBLAY (b.11 July 1763, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. October 1839, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
m. Thérèse CREQUIS (CREQUI) 30 April 1787 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

flag male ancestor Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY (b.9 May 1765, Grosse Pointe, French Settlement (now Michigan)  d. , )



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birth1716 Birth
21 March 1716
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Biography
Name: Ambroise Tremblay
Relationship to Head: Chef de famille (Head)
Spouse(s): Marguerite Simard
Marriage Date: 20 janv. 1744 (20 Jan 1744)
Marriage Place: Baie-Saint-Paul
Children: Joseph-François Tremblay
Ambroise Tremblay
Marie-Geneviève Tremblay
Louis-Jean-François Tremblay
Marie-Joseph Tremblay
Marie-Joseph Tremblay
Ignace Tremblay
Simon Tremblay
Marguerite Tremblay
Etienne Tremblay
Micheel Tremblay
Jean-Baptiste Michel
Burial Date: 1 mars 1767 (1 Mar 1767)
Burial Place: Detroit

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
Volume: Vol. 7 Sect. 2 : Tre-Zis; Page: 341
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marriage1744 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise TREMBLAY and Marguerite SIMARD dite LOMBRETTE 20 January 1744, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 27 years old.
1745 Birth of Child
François Joseph TREMBLAY was born 5 October 1745, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 29 years old.
1746 Birth of Child
Ambroise TREMBLAY was born 27 November 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 30 years old.
1746 Birth of Child
Basile TREMBLAY was born 27 November 1746, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 30 years old.
1748 Birth of Child
Marie Genevieve TREMBLAY was born 19 September 1748, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 32 years old.
1750 Birth of Child
Louis Jean Francois TREMBLAY was born 23 January 1750, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Ambroise was 33 years old.
1751 Birth of Child
Marie Josephe TREMBLAY was born 24 September 1751, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 35 years old.
1753 Birth of Child
Ignace TREMBLAY was born 13 July 1753, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 37 years old.
1755 Birth of Child
Simon TREMBLAY was born 24 April 1755, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 39 years old.
1757 Birth of Child
Marie Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 10 October 1757, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 41 years old.
1758 Death of Child
Marie Marguerite TREMBLAY died September 1758, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 42 years old.
1759 Birth of Child
Etienne TREMBLAY was born 8 February 1759, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 42 years old.
1761 Birth of Child
Michel TREMBLAY was born 30 January 1761, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 44 years old.
1763 Birth of Child
Joseph Hector TREMBLAY was born 11 July 1763, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 47 years old.
1765 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 9 May 1765, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Ambroise was 49 years old.
death1767 Death
1 March 1767
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

He died at the age of 50.

Ambroise is buried at: Mount Elliott Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan, USA
Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/2/2025 1:04:36 PM

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