Abraham TREMBLAY

Born

13 September 1795 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

27 December 1870 , Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada

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René TREMBLAY Marie-Anne MARTEL

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Born: 13 September 1795 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: René TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Anne MARTEL

Paternal grandparents: Basile TREMBLAY , Marie-Françoise THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MARTEL , Marie-Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Abraham married Madeleine LESSARD 29 July 1823 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LESSARD was born 5 April 1798 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Madeleine died 13 April 1876 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Jean-Marie LESSARD and Marie-Louise RACINE.

Abraham TREMBLAY died 27 December 1870 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada .
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Abraham TREMBLAY married

Madeleine LESSARD
Marriage date: 29 July 1823
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Madeleine LESSARD was the child of Jean-Marie LESSARD and Marie-Louise RACINE

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Children of Abraham TREMBLAY and Madeleine LESSARD

Seraphine TREMBLAY

Born: 27 February 1827, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 27 November 1904, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1795
13 September 1795
Les Éboulements, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Abraham TREMBLAY and Madeleine LESSARD 29 July 1823, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 27 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Seraphine TREMBLAY was born 27 February 1827, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Abraham was 31 years old.

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.