Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born

6 March 1819 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Died

6 April 1897 , Ste-Anne, Danville, Canada

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Born: 6 March 1819 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

Parents of Benjamin TREMBLAY

Father

Pierre TREMBLAY

Mother

Felicite LEFRANCOIS

Grandparents of Benjamin TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Pierre TREMBLAY Marie TRUDEL

Maternal grandparents

Prisque LEFRANCOIS Marie HUOT

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

Benjamin married Celeste DEBLOIS 6 February 1844 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Celeste DEBLOIS was born 22 August 1823 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada. Celeste died 24 June 1916 in Ste-Anne, Danville, Canada. Celeste was the child of Joseph DEBLOIS and Euphrosine POULIOT.

Benjamin TREMBLAY died 6 April 1897 in Ste-Anne, Danville, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY

Benjamin TREMBLAY married

Celeste DEBLOIS
Marriage date: 6 February 1844
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East

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Celeste DEBLOIS was the child of Joseph DEBLOIS and Euphrosine POULIOT

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Children of Benjamin TREMBLAY and Celeste DEBLOIS

Louis TREMBLAY

Born: 17 January 1848, Château-Richer, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie ST-PIERRE 18 November 1879 Place: Richmond, Québec, Canada

Gregoire TREMBLAY

Born: 30 September 1849, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East
Died: 23 January 1939, Danville, Quebec, Canada

Married: Delina ST PIERRE 26 January 1880

Octave TREMBLAY

Born: 18 August 1853, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East
Died: 11 May 1925, St-Anne, Danville, Quebec, Canada

Alfred-Alexis TREMBLAY

Born: 5 November 1856, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East
Died: 2 January 1940, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Odilon TREMBLAY

Born: 30 May 1862, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada East
Died: ,

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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 — 1819
6 March 1819
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Lower Canada

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
Benjamin TREMBLAY and Celeste DEBLOIS 6 February 1844, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 17 January 1848, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Benjamin was 28 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Gregoire TREMBLAY was born 30 September 1849, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 30 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Octave TREMBLAY was born 18 August 1853, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 34 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Alfred-Alexis TREMBLAY was born 5 November 1856, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 37 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.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Odilon TREMBLAY was born 30 May 1862, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Benjamin was 43 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.