Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY

Born

7 February 1815 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Died

22 March 1892 , Acton Vale, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY

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Born: 7 February 1815 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Parents of Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY

Father

Pierre TREMBLAY

Mother

Felicite LEFRANCOIS

Grandparents of Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Pierre TREMBLAY Marie TRUDEL

Maternal grandparents

Prisque LEFRANCOIS Marie HUOT

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

Pierre-Olivier married Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT 13 June 1842 in Sherbrooke, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT was born abt. 1822 Marie Almedee died 8 July 1848 in Shipton, Canada.

Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY died 22 March 1892 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

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

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY

Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY married

Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT
Marriage date: 13 June 1842
Marriage place: Sherbrooke, Canada East

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

Children of Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY and Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 29 April 1848, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: 4 March 1919, Richmond, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1815
7 February 1815
Château-Richer, 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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Olivier TREMBLAY and Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT 13 June 1842, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

He was 27 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 29 April 1848, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Olivier was 33 years old.

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Almedee LABONTÉ dite BOUDRIAULT died 8 July 1848, Shipton, Canada

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.