Virginie TREMBLAY

(b. 21 December 1811 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 31 March 1859 , Saint-Alphonse, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada )

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Virginie TREMBLAY was born 21 December 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Virginie TREMBLAY was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Martine BOUCHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY and Madeleine POITEVIN dite POTVIN (maternal) Pierre BOUCHARD and Marie BOIVIN

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

Virginie married Louis FILION 23 November 1830 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis FILION was born 8 July 1808 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis died 11 May 1860 in Saint-Alphonse, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada. Louis was the child of Etienne FILION and Cecile BUSSIERE.

Virginie TREMBLAY died 31 March 1859 in Saint-Alphonse, Bagotville, Quebec, Canada.
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Family and Children of Virginie TREMBLAY

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Virginie TREMBLAY married

Louis FILION-- Date: 23 November 1830 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Louis FILION was the child of Etienne FILION and Cecile BUSSIERE

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Children of Louis FILION and Virginie TREMBLAY:

Thomas FILION (b.20 December 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Seraphine RATE 12 August 1856

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1811 Birth
21 December 1811
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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Marriage / Partner
Virginie TREMBLAY and Louis FILION 23 November 1830, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Thomas FILION was born 20 December 1832, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Virginie was 21 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.