Napoleon TREMBLAY

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16 January 1828 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

4 February 1855 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Michel TREMBLAY Angele SIMARD

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Born: 16 January 1828 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Michel TREMBLAY

Mother: Angele SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Magloire-Samson-David TREMBLAY , Felicite POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SIMARD , Rosalie RODRIGUE

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Napoleon married Marie GAGNON 4 November 1851 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie GAGNON was born 4 June 1828 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie died 28 January 1895 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Marie was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY.

Napoleon TREMBLAY died 4 February 1855 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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Napoleon TREMBLAY married

Marie GAGNON
Marriage date: 4 November 1851
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Marie GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Children of Napoleon TREMBLAY and Marie GAGNON

Elmire TREMBLAY

Born: 21 November 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Philibert TREMBLAY 16 August 1875 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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Birth — 1828
16 January 1828
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Napoleon TREMBLAY and Marie GAGNON 4 November 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Elmire TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Napoleon was 25 years old.

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