Olive DESBIENS

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20 February 1793 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 February 1855 , La Malbaie, Canada East

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Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS Marie-Anne HARVEY

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Born: 20 February 1793 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Henri-Louis DESBIENS

Mother: Marie-Anne HARVEY

Paternal grandparents: Étienne DESBIENS , Veronique GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) , Geneviève SAVARD

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

Olive married Joseph TREMBLAY 9 January 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 31 January 1797 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph died 18 July 1840 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE.

Olive DESBIENS died 12 February 1855 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Spouse & Children of Olive DESBIENS

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Olive DESBIENS married

Joseph TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 9 January 1816
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Olive DESBIENS

Anastasie TREMBLAY

Born: 24 August 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 3 July 1891, Ste-Zoé des Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 7 February 1824, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 13 September 1888, Bergeronnes, Canada

Married: Alexandrienne-Adriane LAPOINTE 10 September 1844 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Theodore TREMBLAY

Born: 14 May 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: May 1893, Grandes Bergeronnes, Cote-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Married: Clementine AUDET dite LAPOINTE 17 August 1847 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Seraphine TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Adelina TREMBLAY

Born: 16 July 1834, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 21 February 1917, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Ferdinand TREMBLAY

Born: 24 July 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 4 May 1912, Ste-Zoé des Grandes-Bergeronnes, Canada

Married: Christine BRASSARD 7 January 1862

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Birth — 1793
20 February 1793
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Olive DESBIENS and Joseph TREMBLAY 9 January 1816, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 22 years old.

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Anastasie TREMBLAY was born 24 August 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 7 February 1824, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive was 30 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Theodore TREMBLAY was born 14 May 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive was 33 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelina TREMBLAY was born 16 July 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive was 41 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)

1839 Birth of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 24 July 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Olive was 46 years old.

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY died 18 July 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 10 September 1844, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Alexandrienne-Adriane LAPOINTE

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage of Child
Theodore TREMBLAY married 17 August 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Clementine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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.

Death — 1855
12 February 1855
La Malbaie, Canada East
She died at the age of 62.

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