Joseph TREMBLAY

Born

20 August 1813 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

14 December 1896 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Martine CLAVEAU 23 November 1841 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Martine CLAVEAU was born 10 November 1820 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Martine died 5 February 1904 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Martine was the child of Roger CLAVEAU and Madeleine PERRON .

Parents & Family of Joseph TREMBLAY

Parents of Joseph TREMBLAY

Father

Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY

Mother

Euphrosine-Defraise TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Joseph TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Alexis TREMBLAY Rose-Angelique GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents

Jean TREMBLAY Ursule TREMBLAY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph TREMBLAY

Joseph TREMBLAY married

Martine CLAVEAU
Marriage date: 23 November 1841
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Martine CLAVEAU was the child of Roger CLAVEAU and Madeleine PERRON

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Martine CLAVEAU

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 28 June 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 9 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 15 May 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 22 April 1928, Lac-à-la-Croix, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE 3 February 1862 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

Veronique TREMBLAY

Born: 29 August 1844, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 1 June 1913, Sacré-coeur-du-Bassin, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Belzemire TREMBLAY

Born: 3 June 1847, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 11 July 1941, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Arsene TREMBLAY

Born: 2 March 1849, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Melchiade TREMBLAY

Born: 15 May 1850, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Charles-Honore TREMBLAY

Born: 1 June 1853, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 6 June 1853, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie-Virginie TREMBLAY

Born: 19 May 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 28 May 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie-Virginie TREMBLAY

Born: 6 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 6 January 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Patrice TREMBLAY

Born: 21 November 1857, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 19 June 1858, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Georges TREMBLAY

Born: 10 May 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 14 June 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie TREMBLAY

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

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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 — 1813
20 August 1813
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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TREMBLAY and Martine CLAVEAU 23 November 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 28 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 28 June 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 28 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 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 9 February 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1843 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 15 May 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Veronique TREMBLAY was born 29 August 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Marie-Belzemire TREMBLAY was born 3 June 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph was 33 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Arsene TREMBLAY was born 2 March 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph was 35 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Melchiade TREMBLAY was born 15 May 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Charles-Honore TREMBLAY was born 1 June 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginie TREMBLAY was born 19 May 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 40 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Marie-Virginie TREMBLAY was born 6 August 1855, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Marie-Virginie TREMBLAY died 6 January 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 42 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
Patrice TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1857, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 44 years old.

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

1858 Death of Child
Patrice TREMBLAY died 19 June 1858, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph was 44 years old.

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

Joseph was 45 years old.

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 3 February 1862, Chicoutimi, Canada East to Louis-Wilfrid PEPIN dit LACHANCE

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.