Louis TREMBLAY

Born

6 February 1807 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

12 April 1861 , Les Escoumins, Côte-Nord, Canada

Louis married Flavie BRISSON 13 January 1835 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Flavie BRISSON was born 10 November 1810 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Flavie died 17 August 1886 in Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada. Flavie was the child of Laurent BRISSON and Thérèse GIRARD .

Parents & Family of Louis TREMBLAY

Parents of Louis TREMBLAY

Father

Louis TREMBLAY

Mother

Dorothee PERRON

Grandparents of Louis TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Jean-François TREMBLAY Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents

Joseph PERRON Madeleine BOUCHARD

m. Flavie Brisson
13 janvier 1835
La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Québec
Canada

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: 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

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Louis TREMBLAY

Louis TREMBLAY married

Flavie BRISSON
Marriage date: 13 January 1835
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Flavie BRISSON was the child of Laurent BRISSON and Thérèse GIRARD

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Flavie BRISSON

Zoe TREMBLAY

Born: 4 January 1836, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 13 January 1927, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 31 August 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 26 November 1887, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Ferdinand TREMBLAY

Born: 23 January 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 14 July 1870, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene DUFOUR 13 July 1861

David TREMBLAY

Born: 27 November 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Malvina DUCHESNE 24 October 1871 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 29 July 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 13 December 1914, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Elizabeth GAUTHIER 24 February 1873 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Narcisse TREMBLAY

Born: 2 July 1849, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 20 June 1932, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Married: Rachel DUFOUR 8 September 1874 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Geneviève TREMBLAY

Born: 2 November 1856, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 8 April 1934, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1807
6 February 1807
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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Marriage / Partner
Louis TREMBLAY and Flavie BRISSON 13 January 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 27 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Zoe TREMBLAY was born 4 January 1836, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 28 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

1838 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 31 August 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 31 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 23 January 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 33 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
David TREMBLAY was born 27 November 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 36 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 29 July 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 39 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Narcisse TREMBLAY was born 2 July 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 42 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Geneviève TREMBLAY was born 2 November 1856, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louis was 49 years old.

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