Jean TREMBLAY

Born

3 May 1786 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

14 May 1868 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada

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Jacques TREMBLAY Marie-Anne TREPANIER

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Born: 3 May 1786 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Anne TREPANIER

Paternal grandparents: Augustin TREMBLAY , Angelique HUOT

Maternal grandparents: Claude TREPANIER , Angelique MICHEL dite TAILLON

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Jean married Marguerite BEDARD 17 January 1809 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BEDARD was born 2 July 1781 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Marguerite died 2 September 1850 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marguerite was the child of Jean BEDARD and Marie BEDARD.

Jean TREMBLAY died 14 May 1868 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
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Spouse & Children of Jean TREMBLAY

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Marguerite BEDARD
Marriage date: 17 January 1809
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada
Marguerite BEDARD was the child of Jean BEDARD and Marie BEDARD

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Children of Jean TREMBLAY and Marguerite BEDARD

Jean TREMBLAY

Born: 5 February 1815, Charlesbourg, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 27 August 1899, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine BEDARD 24 November 1846 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Alexis TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 August 1856, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada East

Married: Josephine ROBITAILLE 15 November 1853 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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Birth — 1786
3 May 1786
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Jean TREMBLAY and Marguerite BEDARD 17 January 1809, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 22 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Jean TREMBLAY was born 5 February 1815, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean was 28 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.

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

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Jean TREMBLAY married 24 November 1846, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Marie-Madeleine BEDARD

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

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite BEDARD died 2 September 1850, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY married 15 November 1853, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Josephine ROBITAILLE

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

1856 Death of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY died 16 August 1856, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean was 70 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.