Josephine TREMBLAY

Born

20 March 1809 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

15 April 1890 , Matane, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY Marie OTIS dite LANGLAIS

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Josephine TREMBLAY was born 20 March 1809 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Josephine TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marie OTIS dite LANGLAIS

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Marie TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD (maternal) Jean OTIS dit LANGLAIS and Thérèse-Cecile GRENON

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Josephine married Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) 6 February 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) was born 14 March 1805 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Cyriac died 21 January 1874 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane). Cyriac was the child of Marc BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Dorothee BELLEY.

Josephine TREMBLAY died 15 April 1890 in Matane, Québec, Canada .
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Josephine TREMBLAY married

Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS)-- Date: 6 February 1827 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) was the child of Marc BRADETTE dit SINGELAIS and Dorothee BELLEY

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Children of Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) and Josephine TREMBLAY

Moise ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) (b.13 May 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 9 March 1905, Byng Inlet, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada*)
m. Euphemie LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE 23 September 1850 in Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane)

Marie ST-GELAIS (b.11 June 1840, St-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec, Canada d. 28 May 1921, Grosses-Roches, Matane, Quebec, Canada)
m. Georges ST-PIERRE 22 April 1856 in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)

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1809 Birth
20 March 1809
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Josephine TREMBLAY and Cyriac ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) 6 February 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Moise ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) was born 13 May 1828, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Josephine was 19 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS was born 11 June 1840, St-Octave-de-Métis, Quebec, Canada

Josephine was 31 years old.

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Moise ST-GELAIS (SINGELAIS) married 23 September 1850, Matane, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane) to Euphemie LABOURLIÈRE dite LAPLANTE

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

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Marie ST-GELAIS married 22 April 1856, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome) to Georges ST-PIERRE

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.