Abraham TREMBLAY

Born

6 April 1816 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

26 December 1895 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Ambroise TREMBLAY Marcelline TREMBLAY

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Born: 6 April 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Ambroise TREMBLAY

Mother: Marcelline TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Jacques TREMBLAY , Modeste LAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Vincent-Athanase TREMBLAY , Catherine LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST

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Abraham married Luce FORTIN 21 September 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Luce FORTIN was born 3 March 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Luce died 17 July 1885 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Luce was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Judith TREMBLAY.

Abraham TREMBLAY died 26 December 1895 in La Baie, Québec, Canada .
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Luce FORTIN
Marriage date: 21 September 1841
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Luce FORTIN was the child of Abraham FORTIN and Judith TREMBLAY

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Children of Abraham TREMBLAY and Luce FORTIN

Adolphe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Adele COTE 21 January 1862 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Vitaline TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Abraham TREMBLAY

Born: 21 June 1845, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Emilie MALTAIS 6 April 1875 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Armilda-Evangeline TREMBLAY

Born: 25 February 1855, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Anne TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1816
6 April 1816
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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
Abraham TREMBLAY and Luce FORTIN 21 September 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 21 June 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Abraham was 29 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 4 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Abraham was 33 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.

1855 Birth of Child
Marie-Armilda-Evangeline TREMBLAY was born 25 February 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Abraham was 38 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

1862 Marriage of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY married 21 January 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie-Adele COTE

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 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1875 Marriage of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY married 6 April 1875, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Emilie MALTAIS

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Death of Spouse/Partner
Luce FORTIN died 17 July 1885, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

Death — 1895
26 December 1895
La Baie, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 79.

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