Philibert TREMBLAY

Born

14 January 1833 , Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

Died

23 February 1892 , Québec, Québec, Canada

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Joseph TREMBLAY Julie LESSARD

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Born: 14 January 1833 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph TREMBLAY

Mother: Julie LESSARD

Paternal grandparents: René TREMBLAY , Marie-Anne MARTEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Marie LESSARD , Marie-Louise RACINE

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Philibert married Marie BRETON dite ELIE 16 November 1861 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie BRETON dite ELIE was born 10 December 1828 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie was the child of Joseph BRETON dit ELIE and Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME.

Philibert TREMBLAY died 23 February 1892 in Québec, 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.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

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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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Philibert TREMBLAY married

Marie BRETON dite ELIE
Marriage date: 16 November 1861
Marriage place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada East

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Marie BRETON dite ELIE was the child of Joseph BRETON dit ELIE and Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

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Children of Philibert TREMBLAY and Marie BRETON dite ELIE

Octavie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1833
14 January 1833
Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Philibert TREMBLAY and Marie BRETON dite ELIE 16 November 1861, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 28 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.