Dominique TREMBLAY

Born

2 August 1815 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

25 August 1875 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY Euphrosine-Defraise TREMBLAY

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Born: 2 August 1815 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY

Mother: Euphrosine-Defraise TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Alexis TREMBLAY , Rose-Angelique GONTHIER (GAUTHIER)

Maternal grandparents: Jean TREMBLAY , Ursule TREMBLAY

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

Dominique married Seraphine TREMBLAY 13 February 1844 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Seraphine TREMBLAY was born 8 May 1821 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Seraphine died 24 October 1888 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Seraphine was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Basilisse LECLERC.

Dominique TREMBLAY died 25 August 1875 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Dominique TREMBLAY married

Seraphine TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 13 February 1844
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East

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Seraphine TREMBLAY was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Basilisse LECLERC

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Children of Dominique TREMBLAY and Seraphine TREMBLAY

Wilbrod TREMBLAY

Born: 25 November 1844, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Melanie RANCOURT 24 August 1874 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 June 1930, Hull, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie BELANGER 21 January 1873 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Alexis TREMBLAY

Born: 25 July 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Cesarine RANCOURT 27 April 1885 Place: Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Caroline TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Clovis TREMBLAY

Born: 30 March 1853, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1815
2 August 1815
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 - 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
Dominique TREMBLAY and Seraphine TREMBLAY 13 February 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 28 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Wilbrod TREMBLAY was born 25 November 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Dominique was 29 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY was born 25 July 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Dominique was 36 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Clovis TREMBLAY was born 30 March 1853, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Dominique was 37 years old.

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

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)

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.

1873 Marriage of Child
Charles TREMBLAY married 21 January 1873, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Marie BELANGER

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Wilbrod TREMBLAY married 24 August 1874, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Marie-Melanie RANCOURT