Celeste GRAVEL

Born

8 December 1803 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

21 January 1878 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Celeste GRAVEL

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Born: 8 December 1803 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Parents of Celeste GRAVEL

Father

Augustin GRAVEL

Mother

Josephte GAREAU dite ST ONGE

Grandparents of Celeste GRAVEL

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Placide GRAVEL Marie-Elisabeth RONDEAU

Maternal grandparents

Joseph GAREAU dit ST ONGE Marie-Josephte MORVAN (MORVENT)

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

Celeste married Bernard TREMBLAY 14 June 1825 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Bernard TREMBLAY was born 20 October 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Bernard died 7 January 1871 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada . Bernard was the child of Elie TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DUCHESNE.

Celeste GRAVEL died 21 January 1878 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Celeste GRAVEL

Celeste GRAVEL married

Bernard TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 14 June 1825
Marriage place: Chambly, Lower Canada
Bernard TREMBLAY was the child of Elie TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine DUCHESNE

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So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

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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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 — 1803
8 December 1803
Beloeil, 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 Marriage / Partner
Celeste GRAVEL and Bernard TREMBLAY 14 June 1825, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 21 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

Celeste was 22 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)

Celeste was 23 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)

Celeste was 25 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)

Celeste was 28 years old.

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

Celeste was 31 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)

Celeste was 35 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)

Celeste was 39 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)

Celeste was 40 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)

Celeste was 57 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.