Thomas TREMBLAY

(b. 12 September 1805 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 9 July 1866 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East )

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Thomas TREMBLAY was born 12 September 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Thomas TREMBLAY was the child of François-Xavier TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DURETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DURETTE and Marie-Bibiane LABERGE

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

Thomas married Madeleine TREMBLAY 24 February 1829 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine TREMBLAY was born 22 July 1808 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Madeleine died 6 December 1858 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Madeleine was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte SAVARD.

Thomas TREMBLAY died 9 July 1866 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East .
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Occupation

Thomas TREMBLAY was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Thomas TREMBLAY married

Madeleine TREMBLAY-- Date: 24 February 1829 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Madeleine TREMBLAY was the child of Louis TREMBLAY and Charlotte SAVARD

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Madeleine TREMBLAY:

Delphine TREMBLAY (b.4 June 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 14 October 1908, St-Marcellin Des Escoumins, Quebec, Canada)
m. Alexandre TREMBLAY 7 May 1867 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Arsene TREMBLAY (b.11 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East d. 8 March 1887, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )
m. Georgianne GIRARD 11 February 1868 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1805 Birth
12 September 1805
Les Éboulements, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Madeleine TREMBLAY 24 February 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 23 years old.

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

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 4 June 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas was 35 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Arsene TREMBLAY was born 11 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Thomas was 37 years old.

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser