Gilbert TREMBLAY

(b. 16 February 1822 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1881 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada )

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Gilbert TREMBLAY was born 16 February 1822 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Gilbert TREMBLAY was the child of Isaac TREMBLAY and Rosalie TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) René TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne MARTEL (maternal) Jean-François TREMBLAY and Marie-Catherine OUELLET

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

Gilbert married Albine LAVOIE 24 August 1847 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Albine LAVOIE was born abt. 1825 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Albine was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Angelique CORNEAU.

Gilbert TREMBLAY died 12 April 1881 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Family and Children of Gilbert TREMBLAY

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Gilbert TREMBLAY married

Albine LAVOIE-- Date: 24 August 1847 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Albine LAVOIE was the child of Etienne LAVOIE and Angelique CORNEAU

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Children of Gilbert TREMBLAY and Albine LAVOIE:

Alexis TREMBLAY (b.7 January 1853, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Arthemise LAVOIE 17 September 1878 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean)

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1822 Birth
16 February 1822
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Gilbert TREMBLAY and Albine LAVOIE 24 August 1847, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 25 years old.

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY was born 7 January 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gilbert was 30 years old.

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.