Modeste TREMBLAY

Born

abt. 1788 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

30 December 1871 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

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Jean TREMBLAY Ursule TREMBLAY

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Born: abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean TREMBLAY

Mother: Ursule TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Vincent TREMBLAY , Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY , Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD

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Modeste married Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET 26 October 1813 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET was born 16 September 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Augustin died 23 May 1879 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Augustin was the child of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Helene SIMARD.

Modeste TREMBLAY died 30 December 1871 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Modeste TREMBLAY

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Modeste TREMBLAY married

Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET
Marriage date: 26 October 1813
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET was the child of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Helene SIMARD

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Children of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Modeste TREMBLAY

Emilie ROCHEFORT

Born: 8 November 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 5 April 1909, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Stanislas-Wenceslas ROCHERFORT

Born: abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 June 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Prime ROCHEFORT

Born: 17 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 30 September 1912, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Adolphe ROCHEFORT

Born: 12 October 1824, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Seconde ROCHEFORT

Born: abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Olympe ROCHEFORT

Born: abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 21 September 1913, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Joseph ROCHEFORT

Born: 11 September 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Mathilde ROCHEFORT

Born: 17 February 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Adele ROCHEFORT

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gregoire JEAN 7 January 1856 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Modeste TREMBLAY and Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET 26 October 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie ROCHEFORT was born 8 November 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Prime ROCHEFORT was born 17 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Adolphe ROCHEFORT was born 12 October 1824, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph ROCHEFORT was born 11 September 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1832 Birth of Child
Mathilde ROCHEFORT was born 17 February 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Death of Child
Stanislas-Wenceslas ROCHERFORT died 15 June 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Adele ROCHEFORT married 7 January 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Gregoire JEAN

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.