Onesime TREMBLAY

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27 March 1830 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 March 1919 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Mathias TREMBLAY Marie-Octavie TREMBLAY

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Born: 27 March 1830 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Mathias TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Octavie TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY , Genevieve BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre TREMBLAY , Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Onesime married Seraphine CLAVEAU 25 November 1850 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Seraphine CLAVEAU was born 19 August 1832 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Seraphine died 23 February 1915 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay).

Onesime TREMBLAY died 12 March 1919 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .

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Spouse & Children of Onesime TREMBLAY

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Onesime TREMBLAY married

Seraphine CLAVEAU
Marriage date: 25 November 1850
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Children of Onesime TREMBLAY and Seraphine CLAVEAU

Lévite-David TREMBLAY

Born: 25 January 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Georgiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE 27 January 1875 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean (Johnny) TREMBLAY

Born: 14 February 1854, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 24 February 1919, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 20 December 1855, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Léa TREMBLAY

Born: 20 December 1855, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 27 November 1894, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Mathias TREMBLAY

Born: 16 November 1857, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 27 August 1932, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Elmire TREMBLAY

Born: 24 August 1859, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 4 May 1925, St-Ambroise, Quebec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Onézime TREMBLAY

Born: 28 June 1861, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 24 November 1928, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Married: Emilie-Elisabeth LAROUCHE 1 September 1880 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Méridé TREMBLAY

Born: 3 January 1866, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

William TREMBLAY

Born: 7 September 1867, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Aurélie TREMBLAY

Born: 22 October 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Caroline TREMBLAY

Born: 28 July 1870, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Hermel TREMBLAY

Born: 29 April 1871, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Caroline TREMBLAY

Born: 15 February 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Anna TREMBLAY

Born: 29 July 1875, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1830
27 March 1830
La Malbaie, 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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Onesime TREMBLAY and Seraphine CLAVEAU 25 November 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 20 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Lévite-David TREMBLAY was born 25 January 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Onesime was 22 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Jean (Johnny) TREMBLAY was born 14 February 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 23 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Léa TREMBLAY was born 20 December 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 25 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 20 December 1855, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime 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
Mathias TREMBLAY was born 16 November 1857, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 27 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Elmire TREMBLAY was born 24 August 1859, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 29 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Onézime TREMBLAY was born 28 June 1861, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Méridé TREMBLAY was born 3 January 1866, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime 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
William TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1867, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 37 years old.

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

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

1869 Birth of Child
Aurélie TREMBLAY was born 22 October 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 39 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Caroline TREMBLAY was born 28 July 1870, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 40 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Hermel TREMBLAY was born 29 April 1871, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 41 years old.

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

1874 Birth of Child
Caroline TREMBLAY was born 15 February 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 43 years old.

1875 Marriage of Child
Lévite-David TREMBLAY married 27 January 1875, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Georgiane AUDET dite LAPOINTE

1875 Birth of Child
Marie-Anna TREMBLAY was born 29 July 1875, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Onesime was 45 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 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1880 Marriage of Child
Onézime TREMBLAY married 1 September 1880, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Emilie-Elisabeth LAROUCHE

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)

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
Léa TREMBLAY died 27 November 1894, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Onesime was 64 years old.

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)

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)

1915 Death of Spouse/Partner
Seraphine CLAVEAU died 23 February 1915, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Death — 1919
12 March 1919
Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 89.

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