Ovide TREMBLAY

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15 November 1822 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

19 July 1903 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Sauveur TREMBLAY Charlotte DESGAGNES

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Born: 15 November 1822 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Sauveur TREMBLAY

Mother: Charlotte DESGAGNES

Paternal grandparents: Godefroy TREMBLAY , Marie-Felicite LAJOIE

Maternal grandparents: Jean DESGAGNES , Ursule GAGNON

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Ovide married Geneviève ROUSSEL 24 January 1843 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Geneviève ROUSSEL was born 28 June 1823 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Geneviève died 7 November 1886 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Geneviève was the child of Pierre ROUSSEL and Victoire BILODEAU.

Ovide TREMBLAY died 19 July 1903 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .
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Geneviève ROUSSEL
Marriage date: 24 January 1843
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Patrice TREMBLAY

Born: 29 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 17 March 1930, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Zeline DESGAGNES 3 May 1869 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 19 September 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 18 February 1920, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Edmond TREMBLAY

Born: 2 December 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 7 May 1925, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Philomene PERRON 15 January 1883 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Eugenie TREMBLAY

Born: 10 April 1850, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Thomas TREMBLAY 10 January 1876 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Pierre-Sauveur TREMBLAY

Born: 25 May 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Honorine TREMBLAY

Born: 26 August 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 6 July 1900, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 25 March 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 3 December 1862, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Charles-Philias TREMBLAY

Born: 10 December 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 30 September 1860, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Laure TREMBLAY

Born: 20 November 1861, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Honore TREMBLAY 7 August 1888 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Marie-Luce TREMBLAY

Born: 12 June 1865, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1822
15 November 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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Ovide TREMBLAY and Geneviève ROUSSEL 24 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 20 years old.

1843 Birth of Child
Patrice TREMBLAY was born 29 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 20 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 19 September 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 22 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Edmond TREMBLAY was born 2 December 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 25 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 10 April 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 27 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Pierre-Sauveur TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 29 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Honorine TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 31 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 25 March 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 34 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Charles-Philias TREMBLAY was born 10 December 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 37 years old.

1860 Death of Child
Charles-Philias TREMBLAY died 30 September 1860, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 37 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Laure TREMBLAY was born 20 November 1861, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 39 years old.

1862 Death of Child
Marie TREMBLAY died 3 December 1862, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 40 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie-Luce TREMBLAY was born 12 June 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ovide was 42 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Marriage of Child
Patrice TREMBLAY married 3 May 1869, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Zeline DESGAGNES

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 Marriage of Child
Eugenie TREMBLAY married 10 January 1876, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Thomas TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Marriage of Child
Edmond TREMBLAY married 15 January 1883, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Philomene PERRON

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève ROUSSEL died 7 November 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1888 Marriage of Child
Laure TREMBLAY married 7 August 1888, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington) to Louis-Honore TREMBLAY

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1900 Death of Child
Honorine TREMBLAY died 6 July 1900, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Ovide was 77 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

Death — 1903
19 July 1903
Montréal, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 80.