Melanie TREMBLAY

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28 October 1827 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

8 August 1870 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

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Marcel TREMBLAY Julienne GAUTHIER

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Born: 28 October 1827 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Marcel TREMBLAY

Mother: Julienne GAUTHIER

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Salomon TREMBLAY , Genevieve BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Louis GAUTHIER (GONTHIER) , Procule BOUCHARD

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Melanie married Elisee TREMBLAY 1 July 1845 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elisee TREMBLAY was born 1 October 1818 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Elisee was the child of Claude TREMBLAY and Marie-Desiree GIRARD.

Melanie TREMBLAY died 8 August 1870 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada .
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Melanie TREMBLAY married

Elisee TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 1 July 1845
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Canada East
Elisee TREMBLAY was the child of Claude TREMBLAY and Marie-Desiree GIRARD

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Children of Elisee TREMBLAY and Melanie TREMBLAY

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 28 August 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 11 November 1914, Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec, Canada

Married: Aurore BARRETTE 28 February 1876 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
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Amanda TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1868, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1827
28 October 1827
Les Éboulements, 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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Melanie TREMBLAY and Elisee TREMBLAY 1 July 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 28 August 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Melanie was 18 years old.

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

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.