François TREMBLAY

Born

18 March 1831 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Died

30 November 1915 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

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Joseph TREMBLAY Rosalie GRENON

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Born: 18 March 1831 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph TREMBLAY

Mother: Rosalie GRENON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY , Madeleine POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Maternal grandparents: Henri GRENON , Therese-Dorothee GUAY

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François married Emilie TREMBLAY 21 July 1856 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 8 September 1839 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Emilie died 27 October 1927 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin). Emilie was the child of Marcel TREMBLAY and Josephine FORTIN.

François TREMBLAY died 30 November 1915 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Emilie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 21 July 1856
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Emilie TREMBLAY was the child of Marcel TREMBLAY and Josephine FORTIN

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Children of François TREMBLAY and Emilie TREMBLAY

Ephrem TREMBLAY

Born: 20 May 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 11 August 1920, St-Édouard-de-Péribonka, Canada

Married: Georgina TREMBLAY 24 July 1882

Delina TREMBLAY

Born: 23 December 1859, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East
Died: 28 November 1926, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Elzear TREMBLAY

Born: 19 May 1862, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East
Died: abt. 1939,

Married: Mary-Catherine BOUCHARD 25 February 1884 Place: Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 23 September 1866, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie Marguerite "Peggy" TREMBLAY 26 January 1891 Place: Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 10 July 1867, Saint-Fulgence, Canada East
Died: 11 January 1946, , Canada

Francois-Nil TREMBLAY

Born: 1 April 1870, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Hector TREMBLAY

Born: 18 October 1872, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Emile TREMBLAY

Born: 9 July 1875, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: 29 October 1966, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

Married: Apolina TREMBLAY 7 January 1903 Place: Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: 21 January 1878, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Ludger TREMBLAY

Born: 3 October 1880, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Lydia TREMBLAY

Born: 6 May 1883, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1831
18 March 1831
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
François TREMBLAY and Emilie TREMBLAY 21 July 1856, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 25 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Ephrem TREMBLAY was born 20 May 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

François was 26 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Birth of Child
Delina TREMBLAY was born 23 December 1859, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 28 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY was born 19 May 1862, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 23 September 1866, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 35 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 10 July 1867, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 36 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Birth of Child
Francois-Nil TREMBLAY was born 1 April 1870, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 39 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Hector TREMBLAY was born 18 October 1872, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (St-Felicien)

François was 41 years old.

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

1875 Birth of Child
Emile TREMBLAY was born 9 July 1875, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 44 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 21 January 1878, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 46 years old.

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

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

1880 Birth of Child
Ludger TREMBLAY was born 3 October 1880, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 49 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Lydia TREMBLAY was born 6 May 1883, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin)

François was 52 years old.

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

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

1884 Marriage of Child
Elzear TREMBLAY married 25 February 1884, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin) to Mary-Catherine BOUCHARD

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 Marriage of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY married 26 January 1891, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin) to Marie Marguerite "Peggy" TREMBLAY

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

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Marriage of Child
Emile TREMBLAY married 7 January 1903, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada (L’Anse au Foin) to Apolina TREMBLAY

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)