Charles TREMBLAY

Born

11 July 1812 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

28 August 1894 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Ambroise-Saturnin TREMBLAY Agnes FORTIN

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Born: 11 July 1812 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Ambroise-Saturnin TREMBLAY

Mother: Agnes FORTIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean TREMBLAY , Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Joseph FORTIN , Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY

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

Charles married Sophie GAUTHIER 30 January 1844 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Sophie GAUTHIER was born 17 September 1817 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Sophie died abt. 1854 in Québec Province, Canada. Sophie was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne PAYANT dite ST-ONGE.

Charles married (2) Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER 31 July 1855 in Saint-Ours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER was born 22 February 1823 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . Catherine died 22 February 1907 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada . Catherine was the child of Pierre ST-LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER and Angélique SOULIERES dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE.

Charles TREMBLAY died 28 August 1894 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada .

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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.
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farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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

Spouse & Children of Charles TREMBLAY

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Charles TREMBLAY married

Sophie GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 30 January 1844
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

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Sophie GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

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Children of Charles TREMBLAY and Sophie GAUTHIER

Charles-Hermenegilde TREMBLAY

Born: 8 February 1845, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 8 November 1846, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

Sophie TREMBLAY

Born: 10 November 1846, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 7 March 1875, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Marie-Rose-Delima TREMBLAY

Born: 22 July 1848, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY

Born: 3 June 1850, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 5 November 1885, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Casildee LEVITRE 31 January 1871 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Charles TREMBLAY married

photo of Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER

Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER
Marriage date: 31 July 1855
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Canada East

See marriage record for Charles TREMBLAY and Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER
Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER was the child of Pierre ST-LAURENT dit CHARBONNIER and Angélique SOULIERES dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE

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

Children of Charles TREMBLAY and Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER

Zephirine TREMBLAY

Born: 5 September 1856, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 18 September 1896, Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste RICHARD 12 September 1893 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Marie-Rachel TREMBLAY

Born: 9 November 1857, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 3 March 1859, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

Charles-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 24 January 1859, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: ,

Honore TREMBLAY

Born: 27 July 1861, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 15 April 1930, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Abraham TREMBLAY

Born: 18 November 1862, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 25 November 1862, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

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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 — 1812
11 July 1812
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Charles TREMBLAY and Sophie GAUTHIER 30 January 1844, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

He was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Charles-Hermenegilde TREMBLAY was born 8 February 1845, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 32 years old.

1846 Death of Child
Charles-Hermenegilde TREMBLAY died 8 November 1846, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 34 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Sophie TREMBLAY was born 10 November 1846, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 34 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima TREMBLAY was born 22 July 1848, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 36 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY was born 3 June 1850, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 37 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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Charles TREMBLAY and Catherine ST-LAURENT dite CHARBONNIER 31 July 1855, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 43 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Zephirine TREMBLAY was born 5 September 1856, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 44 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie-Rachel TREMBLAY was born 9 November 1857, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 45 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Charles-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 24 January 1859, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 46 years old.

1859 Death of Child
Marie-Rachel TREMBLAY died 3 March 1859, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 46 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Honore TREMBLAY was born 27 July 1861, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 49 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 18 November 1862, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 50 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1871 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY married 31 January 1871, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada to Casildee LEVITRE

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Death of Child
Sophie TREMBLAY died 7 March 1875, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 62 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Death of Child
Joseph-Jacques TREMBLAY died 5 November 1885, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 73 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Marriage of Child
Zephirine TREMBLAY married 12 September 1893, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste RICHARD

Death — 1894
28 August 1894
Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 82.

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