Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born

5 December 1803 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

6 June 1875 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Born: 5 December 1803 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Father

Benoni TREMBLAY

Mother

Ursule TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Alexis TREMBLAY Rose-Angelique GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents

Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Mathilde POTVIN 23 August 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Mathilde POTVIN was born 17 November 1806 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Mathilde died 30 March 1897 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Mathilde was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD.

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY died 6 June 1875 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married

Mathilde POTVIN
Marriage date: 23 August 1825
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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Mathilde POTVIN was the child of Jean-Marie POITEVIN dit POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Mathilde POTVIN

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 2 September 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: 12 July 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Gaspard TREMBLAY 10 January 1843 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Jean-Magloire TREMBLAY

Born: 31 July 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 16 April 1906, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Adele TREMBLAY 17 July 1854 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Marie BERGERON 14 February 1876 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Celanire TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1835, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 3 January 1869, Grande-Rivière, Canada

Elzear TREMBLAY

Born: 18 September 1836, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 29 April 1898, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie TREMBLAY 31 August 1864 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: 30 August 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louise BOUCHARD 25 November 1867 Place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 9 March 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Malvina SAVARD 24 February 1873 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Adolphe TREMBLAY

Born: 22 July 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Adele FORGUES 8 February 1875 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Antonia TREMBLAY

Born: 18 September 1854, Les Éboulements, 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 — 1803
5 December 1803
Les Éboulements, 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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Mathilde POTVIN 23 August 1825, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 2 September 1827, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Jean-Magloire TREMBLAY was born 31 July 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY was born 18 September 1836, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 30 August 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Louise TREMBLAY married 10 January 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Gaspard TREMBLAY

1843 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 9 March 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Death of Child
Louise TREMBLAY died 12 July 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Antoine-Adolphe TREMBLAY was born 22 July 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Jean-Magloire TREMBLAY married 17 July 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Adele TREMBLAY

1854 Birth of Child
Antonia TREMBLAY was born 18 September 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY married 31 August 1864, Les Éboulements, Canada East to Marie TREMBLAY

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.