Fortunat TREMBLAY

Born

23 September 1837 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1923 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Fortunat married Delima CLAVEAU 19 April 1858 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Delima CLAVEAU was born abt. 1835 in Québec Province, Canada. Delima was the child of Leon CLAVEAU and Christine RATTÉ (RATE) .

Parents & Family of Fortunat TREMBLAY

Parents of Fortunat TREMBLAY

Father

Mathias TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Octavie TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Fortunat TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY Genevieve BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Alexandre TREMBLAY Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Fortunat TREMBLAY

Fortunat TREMBLAY married

Delima CLAVEAU
Marriage date: 19 April 1858
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Delima CLAVEAU was the child of Leon CLAVEAU and Christine RATTÉ (RATE)

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Children of Fortunat TREMBLAY and Delima CLAVEAU

Abraham TREMBLAY

Born: 8 September 1859, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 9 June 1939, St-Jean-Vianney, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Eugene TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Cedulie TREMBLAY 14 July 1884 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Alexandre TREMBLAY

Born: 22 September 1869, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: 28 December 1943, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1837
23 September 1837
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Fortunat TREMBLAY and Delima CLAVEAU 19 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 20 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 8 September 1859, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Fortunat was 21 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.

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

Fortunat was 32 years old.

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

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)

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
Eugene TREMBLAY married 14 July 1884, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada to Cedulie TREMBLAY

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 - 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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada