Desire TREMBLAY

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6 December 1827 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

10 July 1876 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

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Eloi TREMBLAY Marguerite COTE

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Born: 6 December 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Eloi TREMBLAY

Mother: Marguerite COTE

Paternal grandparents: Michel-Abraham TREMBLAY , Madeleine BOIVIN

Maternal grandparents: Augustin COTE , Angélique DORÉ

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Desire married Madeleine BOUCHARD 23 October 1849 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Madeleine BOUCHARD was born 27 March 1827 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Madeleine died 31 July 1899 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). Madeleine was the child of Etienne BOUCHARD and Marie-Louise GIRARD.

Desire TREMBLAY died 10 July 1876 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada .
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Desire TREMBLAY married

Madeleine BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 23 October 1849
Marriage place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East
Madeleine BOUCHARD was the child of Etienne BOUCHARD and Marie-Louise GIRARD

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Children of Desire TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOUCHARD

Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie GAGNON 27 August 1872 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Didier TREMBLAY

Born: 5 February 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Elise-Emilie TREMBLAY 25 November 1890 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Married: Elmire TREMBLAY 9 July 1894 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Emma TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 20 May 1858, Saint-Hilarion, Canada East
Died: 19 February 1893, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Elie-Eliphe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Ovide TREMBLAY

Born: 18 October 1864, Saint-Hilarion, Canada East
Died: 21 February 1917, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie GAUTHIER 11 January 1887 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Neree TREMBLAY

Born: 10 May 1866, Saint-Hilarion, Canada East
Died: 4 February 1964, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada

Leontine TREMBLAY

Born: 10 May 1868, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 January 1894, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1873, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1827
6 December 1827
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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

1849 Marriage / Partner
Desire TREMBLAY and Madeleine BOUCHARD 23 October 1849, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1856 Birth of Child
Didier TREMBLAY was born 5 February 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Desire was 28 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

1858 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 20 May 1858, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Desire was 30 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Ovide TREMBLAY was born 18 October 1864, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Desire was 36 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Neree TREMBLAY was born 10 May 1866, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Desire was 38 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.

1868 Birth of Child
Leontine TREMBLAY was born 10 May 1868, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington)

Desire was 40 years old.

1872 Marriage of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY married 27 August 1872, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie GAGNON

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