Modeste TREMBLAY

Born

18 July 1818 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

11 February 1898 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Born: 18 July 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Parents of Modeste TREMBLAY

Father

François TREMBLAY

Mother

Angele BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Modeste TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

François-Xavier TREMBLAY Marie-Madeleine DURETTE

Maternal grandparents

Jacques BOUCHARD Modeste FORTIN

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

Modeste married Lucien TREMBLAY 27 October 1840 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Lucien TREMBLAY was born 4 March 1819 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Lucien died 28 June 1896 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Lucien was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Basilisse LECLERC.

Modeste TREMBLAY died 11 February 1898 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Modeste TREMBLAY

Modeste TREMBLAY married

Lucien TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 27 October 1840
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Lucien TREMBLAY was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Basilisse LECLERC

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Children of Lucien TREMBLAY and Modeste TREMBLAY

Marie-Laure TREMBLAY

Born: 10 December 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Gedeon TREMBLAY

Born: 14 May 1844, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 1 March 1939, Kénogami, Chicoutimi, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne-Hermeline MARTEL 3 November 1874 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Charles TREMBLAY

Born: 9 December 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Adele TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1855, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Arthur TREMBLAY

Born: 17 April 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Anna TREMBLAY

Born: 11 September 1859, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 26 December 1899, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Elzear TREMBLAY 27 September 1887 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1818
18 July 1818
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Modeste TREMBLAY and Lucien TREMBLAY 27 October 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 22 years old.

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
Marie-Laure TREMBLAY was born 10 December 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 23 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Gedeon TREMBLAY was born 14 May 1844, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 25 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)

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

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

1854 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 9 December 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 36 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Arthur TREMBLAY was born 17 April 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 37 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

1859 Birth of Child
Anna TREMBLAY was born 11 September 1859, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 41 years old.

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.