Étienne TREMBLAY

Born

25 December 1690 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Died

20 September 1767 , Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre TREMBLAY Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

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Born: 25 December 1690 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Madeleine ROUSSIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre TREMBLAY , Ozanne ACHON

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas ROUSSIN , Marie-Madeleine PARADIS

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

Étienne married Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE 12 November 1715 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE was born 22 March 1700 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie died 27 January 1784 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie was the child of Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Catherine BIVILLE.

Étienne TREMBLAY died 20 September 1767 in Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Seigneur des Eboulements

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
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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Étienne TREMBLAY was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

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Spouse & Children of Étienne TREMBLAY

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Étienne TREMBLAY married

Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE
Marriage date: 12 November 1715
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE was the child of Jacques FORTIN dit BELLEFONTAINE and Catherine BIVILLE

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Children of Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 September 1717, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 01 May 1810, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD 28 July 1734 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne TREMBLAY

Born: 28 November 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 29 January 1719, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Cecile TREMBLAY

Born: 23 April 1721, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 6 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph SIMARD 16 January 1742 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 7 September 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 9 January 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

Born: 10 December 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 25 November 1815, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY) 16 January 1742 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Ignace BOIVIN 10 November 1760 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 6 July 1725, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Procule TREMBLAY

Born: 14 October 1726, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Died: 15 September 1817 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Jean GUAY 4 November 1744 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY

Born: 4 March 1729, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 1 March 1764, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin-Etienne BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD) 17 August 1746 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-François TREMBLAY

Born: 17 October 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 9 December 1822 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER 22 February 1753 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne TREMBLAY

Born: 19 January 1734, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 19 June 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Michelle GAGNÉ 30 April 1754 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Marie-Madeleine LAVOIE 13 May 1771 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marc-Antoine TREMBLAY

Born: 2 August 1736, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 20 November 1738, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 4 May 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD 31 August 1761 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Marie-Anne DESMOLIERS (DEMOLIER) 8 November 1796 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY

Born: 30 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 4 February 1752, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France

Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY

Born: 30 June 1745, Les Éboulements, Canada, New France
Died: 15 November 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine BOUCHARD 26 November 1764 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1690
25 December 1690
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France

Baptism

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 Marriage / Partner
Étienne TREMBLAY and Marie FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE 12 November 1715, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

1715 marriage

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY was born 28 September 1717, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 26 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 28 November 1718, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 27 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Birth of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY was born 23 April 1721, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 30 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1722, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 31 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY was born 10 December 1723, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 32 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 6 July 1725, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 34 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Marie-Procule TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1726, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Étienne was 35 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1729, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 38 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Jean-François TREMBLAY was born 17 October 1730, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 39 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY was born 19 January 1734, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Étienne was 43 years old.

1734 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY married 28 July 1734, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Baptiste-Noel BOUCHARD

1736 Birth of Child
Marc-Antoine TREMBLAY was born 2 August 1736, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 45 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY was born 20 November 1738, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 47 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1741, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 50 years old.

1742 Marriage of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY married 16 January 1742, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph SIMARD

1742 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY married 16 January 1742, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Noel GUAY (CASTONGUAY)

1744 Marriage of Child
Marie-Procule TREMBLAY married 4 November 1744, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Joseph-Jean GUAY

1745 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 30 June 1745, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 54 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY married 17 August 1746, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Augustin-Etienne BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD)

1752 Death of Child
Marie-Thérèse-Regis TREMBLAY died 4 February 1752, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 61 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage of Child
Jean-François TREMBLAY married 22 February 1753, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

1754 Marriage of Child
Étienne TREMBLAY married 30 April 1754 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Michelle GAGNÉ

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY married 10 November 1760, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Ignace BOIVIN

1761 Marriage of Child
Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY married 31 August 1761, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1764 Death of Child
Cecile TREMBLAY died 6 February 1764, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Étienne was 73 years old.

1764 Death of Child
Marie-Victoire-Cecile TREMBLAY died 1 March 1764, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Étienne was 73 years old.

1764 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Madeleine TREMBLAY married 26 November 1764 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Antoine BOUCHARD

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Death — 1767
20 September 1767
Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 76.

In 1790, Pierre Tremblay's son, Étienne, had a second manor built at the top of Les Éboulements, near the Rivière du Seigneur. Around the beginning of the 19th century, a flour mill was also built.

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