Bernard TREMBLAY

Born

20 October 1799 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

7 January 1871 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Bernard TREMBLAY

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Born: 20 October 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Parents of Bernard TREMBLAY

Father

Elie TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Madeleine DUCHESNE

Grandparents of Bernard TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY Marguerite BALLARD dite LATOUR

Maternal grandparents

Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE Marie-Julie GIRARD

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

Bernard married Celeste GRAVEL 14 June 1825 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Celeste GRAVEL was born 8 December 1803 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . Celeste died 21 January 1878 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada . Celeste was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE.

Bernard TREMBLAY died 7 January 1871 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Bernard TREMBLAY

Bernard TREMBLAY married

Celeste GRAVEL
Marriage date: 14 June 1825
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Celeste GRAVEL was the child of Augustin GRAVEL and Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE

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Children of Bernard TREMBLAY and Celeste GRAVEL

Celeste TREMBLAY

Born: 9 May 1826, Saint-Mathias, Rouville, Quebec, Canada
Died: 4 April 1906, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Jean-Baptiste RACICOT 3 August 1874 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie Melanie TREMBLAY

Born: 4 November 1827, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 6 April 1874, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Theophile GOUDREAU 20 August 1855 Place: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East

Marie-Adelaide TREMBLAY

Born: 12 April 1829, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Jeremie TREMBLAY

Born: 24 October 1832, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 29 January 1835, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Gedeon TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1836, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 16 May 1861, Saint-Césaire, Canada East

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 14 April 1839, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Moise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1840, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 17 December 1842, Chambly, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie BOBO dite FLEURY 9 October 1861 Place: Saint-Césaire, Canada East

Marie (Mary) TREMBLAY

Born: 21 June 1844, Chambly, Canada East
Died: 27 January 1910, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Cleophas LEDUC 1865

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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 — 1799
20 October 1799
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Bernard TREMBLAY and Celeste GRAVEL 14 June 1825, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 25 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Celeste TREMBLAY was born 9 May 1826, Saint-Mathias, Rouville, Quebec, Canada

Bernard was 26 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie Melanie TREMBLAY was born 4 November 1827, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 28 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 12 April 1829, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 29 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Jeremie TREMBLAY was born 24 October 1832, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 33 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1835, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 35 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

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

1839 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 14 April 1839, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 39 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY was born 17 December 1842, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 43 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie (Mary) TREMBLAY was born 21 June 1844, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Bernard was 44 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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Marie Melanie TREMBLAY married 20 August 1855, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada East to Theophile GOUDREAU

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

1861 Death of Child
Gedeon TREMBLAY died 16 May 1861, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Bernard was 61 years old.

1861 Marriage of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY married 9 October 1861, Saint-Césaire, Canada East to Marie BOBO dite FLEURY

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.