Claire TREMBLAY

Born

abt. 1806 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

25 February 1889 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON

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Born: abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph-Godefroy TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Marguerite BAILLARGEON

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Andre TREMBLAY , Ursule SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BAILLARGEON , Marie-Josephe-Marguerite DESNOYERS

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Claire married Pierre BECHARD 8 January 1821 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Pierre BECHARD was born 7 September 1796 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Pierre died 18 February 1878 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Pierre was the child of Louis BÉCHARD and Marie-Clothide REMILLARD.

Claire TREMBLAY died 25 February 1889 in Napierville, Québec, Canada .
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Tremblay Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug 11 ounce

Introducing the Tremblay Family Legacy Mug, a tribute to the rich heritage of the NUMBER ONE SURNAME IN QUEBEC! Did you know that all the Tremblays in North America are descended from ONE couple (Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne Achon)?

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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Claire TREMBLAY married

Pierre BECHARD
Marriage date: 8 January 1821
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Pierre BECHARD was the child of Louis BÉCHARD and Marie-Clothide REMILLARD

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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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Claire TREMBLAY and Pierre BECHARD 8 January 1821, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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)

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

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.