Thomas TREMBLAY

Born

8 May 1817 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

5 August 1901 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Thomas married Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY 9 August 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY was born 27 December 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Alice-Eulalie died 15 December 1886 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Alice-Eulalie was the child of Leon TREMBLAY and Catherine BOLDUC .

Parents & Family of Thomas TREMBLAY

Parents of Thomas TREMBLAY

Father

Jean TREMBLAY

Mother

Martine BOUCHARD

Grandparents of Thomas TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY Madeleine POITEVIN dite POTVIN

Maternal grandparents

Pierre BOUCHARD Marie BOIVIN

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas TREMBLAY

Thomas TREMBLAY married

Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 9 August 1842
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY was the child of Leon TREMBLAY and Catherine BOLDUC

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Children of Thomas TREMBLAY and Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 10 April 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 28 March 1924, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Jean TREMBLAY

Born: 21 May 1844, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 9 October 1916, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Alexandre TREMBLAY

Born: 29 October 1847, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 1 February 1894, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Thomas TREMBLAY

Born: 11 July 1852, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 28 October 1913, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Elisabeth LABERGE 20 January 1874 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite HUDON 17 February 1896 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Sophie-Severine TREMBLAY

Born: 21 September 1854, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 4 September 1883, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Louis-Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 25 May 1858, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Celina TREMBLAY 14 February 1887 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Delima TREMBLAY

Born: 31 July 1860, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Maudee TREMBLAY

Born: 8 March 1862, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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 — 1817
8 May 1817
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage / Partner
Thomas TREMBLAY and Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY 9 August 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 10 April 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Thomas was 25 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Jean TREMBLAY was born 21 May 1844, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 27 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Alexandre TREMBLAY was born 29 October 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 30 years old.

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

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

1852 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 11 July 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 35 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Sophie-Severine TREMBLAY was born 21 September 1854, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas 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

1858 Birth of Child
Louis-Ernest TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1858, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 41 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Delima TREMBLAY was born 31 July 1860, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 43 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Marie-Maudee TREMBLAY was born 8 March 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 44 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.

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY married 20 January 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth LABERGE

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)

1883 Death of Child
Sophie-Severine TREMBLAY died 4 September 1883, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Thomas was 66 years old.

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

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

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

1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Alice-Eulalie TREMBLAY died 15 December 1886, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

1887 Marriage of Child
Louis-Ernest TREMBLAY married 14 February 1887, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Celina TREMBLAY

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 Death of Child
Alexandre TREMBLAY died 1 February 1894, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Thomas was 76 years old.

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

1896 Marriage of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY married 17 February 1896, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Marguerite HUDON

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)

Death — 1901
5 August 1901
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 84.

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