Tremblay family origins
The Tremblay name originates in France in the Normandy region. The earliest known Tremblay is Bernard de Tremblay who died in 1155. Next we find records in 1167 of a Guillaume de Tremblay who made a gift of a vast domain of land to the Trappist monastery. Then we skip to Gervais du Tremblay, a blacksmith, who built a forge on lands adjoining the Trappist monastery in Tourouvre, Perche, France. His descendants continued in this occupation in some line for several generations. One Tremblay of distinction is Father Joseph Tremblay, a man of great influence in the Richelieu administration in the early 1600's.. He was known as the confidant and lifelong associate of one of France's greatest statesman (Quarterly Review, April 1896).
The forefather of Tremblay's in the New World was Pierre Tremblay. He was born at Saint-Malo de Randonnai about 1626.
He came to Canada in August 1647. We are the largest family in North America that can trace their ancestry to one man.
Pierre Tremblay - Ancestor of All Tremblays of America
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Pierre Tremblay - Ancestor of All Tremblays of America
All members of the numerous Tremblay families of North America are descendants of Pierre Tremblay, born in 1626 in Randonnai, a small village of Perche, a former province of northern France. His parents, Philibert Tremblay and Jeanne Coignet were married October 3, 1623 in Saint-Firmin de Normandel, a nearby village. The same Philibert, a farmer from La Filonnière, died on November 17, 1642.
The life of adventure attracted Pierre Tremblay. He was greatly influenced by the speeches of Noël Juchereau, a recruiting agent for New France, and signed a contract on April 9, 1647. With this contract, Pierre was hired by Juchereau to work for 36 months in New France. Pierre settled in the new world and then worked for farmers on the Côte de Beaupré, on the north shore of the Saint Laurence River.
In autumn of 1657, he met Ozanne Achon, a natife of Chambon, a diocese of
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Collection Tanguay), Québec, 1608 à 1890
ancestry.com1630 - France
The parish registers (Randonnai) begin in 1630. The birth of Pierre Tremblay could not be found.
Notes
Pierre arrived in Quebec August 6, 1647. he worked on the docks and in the store of Mr. Noel Juchereau des Chatelets. After a few years, he worked on farms near St. Anne de Beaupre. He married Ozanne Achon on Oct. 2, 1657 in Quebec. On April 4, 1659, he was given a farm on the St. Lawrence River near the village of Ange Gaurdien. A monument was erected in 1957 on the right hand side of the new route to St. Anne de Beaupre. On April 2, 1679, he took possession of a new farm on Cote St. Francois Xavier near Baie St. Paul. He died in the first months of 1688 or 1689.
Source / record details
Louise Tremblay Meltaus
September 19, 1652
Pierre Tremblay, residing in New France, promises to pay his mother, Jeanne Coignet, 40 livres he borrowed to meet his family's needs.
1657 Marriage / PartnerPierre TREMBLAY and Ozanne ACHON 2 October 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1658 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 9 July 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1659 Birth of ChildAnonyme TREMBLAY was born 17 August 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1660 Birth of ChildPierre TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1662 Birth of ChildMichel TREMBLAY was born 10 September 1662, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)
Histoire de la paroisse de l'Ange-Gardien
'L'an 1664, le dix-huitième jour d'octobre, à l'issue de la messe célébrée dans la maison de Jean Trudelle, en conséquence de la convo cation par deux fois réitérée par M. des Maize- rets y faisant pour lors les fonctions curiales, par l'ordre de Monseigneur l'illustrissime révé- rendissime Evêque de Pétrée, Vicaire Aposto lique en la Nouvelle-France, et nommé par le Roy, premier évesque dudit pays, tendante à ce que les habitants eussent à s'assembler pour procéder à la nomination et élection de trois marguilliers pour la première fois ; lesdits habi tants étant restés au nombre de vingt-deux des plus considérables, savoir : Raymond Pagez dit Quercy, Pierre Maheu dit des Hazards, Jacques Goulet, Jean Trudel, Michel Hénault, Pierre Tremblay, Pierre Gendreau, Louis Garneau, Louis Saucier, Jacques Nourry, Jacques Ma- rette dit Lépine, François Hébert, Robert de la Berge, René Brisson, Laurent Gignard, Antoine Andrieux, Antoine Gaboury, Jacques Jacquereau, Jean Clément, Louis Lesage, An
1664 Birth of ChildJacques TREMBLAY was born 19 June 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1665 Birth of ChildMarguerite TREMBLAY was born 2 October 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1666 Habittans de Beaupré
pierre Tremblé - 40 habittant
Anne Achon - 33 sa femme
Marie Tremblé - 7 fille
pierre Tremblé - 5 fils
Michel Tremblé - 3 fils
Jacques Tremblé - 20 mois Fils
Et Marguerite Tremblé - 4 mois fille
Census of 1667 by Marcel Gelinas
The ancestor of the most prolific of French Canadian families is listed here as a resident of Cote de Beaupre. He is Pierre Tremblay, age 40 and his wife Anne Ozanne Achon is 35. With them are five young children but more will follow.
Pierre Tremblay has more descendents in North America than any other progenitor who came over from France.
Pierre Tremblay was born in 1626 the child of Philibert Tremblay and Jeanne Coignet of Radonnay, Province of Perche, France. He had a brother Guillaume, who was born in 1634.
Pierre left France in spring of 1647 and married Ozanne Ochon (Achon) of Puyravault near LaRochelle, France in 1657. Between 1658-1677, 12 children were born to them.
Pierre died around the fall of 1688 and Ozanne died about 20 years later. Ozanne died 24th December, 1707.
1667 Birth of ChildLouis TREMBLAY was born 29 September 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1669 Birth of ChildLouise TREMBLAY was born 20 October 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1671 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine TREMBLAY married 25 November 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Nicolas ROUSSIN
1673 Birth of ChildMarie-Anne TREMBLAY was born 19 March 1673, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1675 Birth of ChildJean TREMBLAY was born 20 April 1675, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
1677 Birth of ChildMarie-Dorothee TREMBLAY was born 27 April 1677, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Pierre Tramblay, 60
Anne Achon (Ozanne), sa femme, 40
enfants:
Pierre, 20
Michel, 18
Jacques, 16
Denis, 17
Marguerite, 15
Louise, 10
Jeanne, 9
Jean, 7
Marie, 5
Dorothee, 3
Martin, domestique, 53
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1683 Marriage of ChildPierre TREMBLAY married 3 November 1683, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine SIMARD
1684 Death of ChildJean TREMBLAY died 30 July 1684, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)
1685 Marriage of ChildPierre TREMBLAY married 15 November 1685, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France to Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN
1686 Marriage of ChildMichel TREMBLAY married 20 June 1686, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France to Geneviève-Marie BOUCHARD
Death — 168714 April 1687
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
1689
December 5, 1689, at the marriage of his daughter Louise, Ozanne Achon is called widow of the late Pierre Tremblay . It appears last on the marriage of his daughter Margaret, April 24, 1687. The autumn of 1688 was that of one great epidemic which caused almost 1,400 victims. His wife is also mentioned on the sick list of the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec June 20, 1689. Such mortality can explain without reporting the death of Pierre Tremblay.
Monument dedicated to Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne Achon, ancestors of the Tremblays of America located in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, QC, Canada
Chronicle-Telegram, Elyria, Ohio, Tuesday, May 6, 1952
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Tremblay Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug 11 ounce
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