Modeste TREMBLAY

Born

8 April 1789 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 January 1847 , Cacouna, Canada East

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Francois TREMBLAY Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Born: 8 April 1789 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Francois TREMBLAY

Mother: Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: François TREMBLAY , Felicite BOULIANNE

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BOUCHARD , Françoise ROUSSET

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Modeste married Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS 25 July 1809 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS was born 30 May 1784 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . Alexis died 30 January 1851 in Cacouna, Canada East . Alexis was the child of Henri LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Anne Marie DOUCET.

Modeste TREMBLAY died 22 January 1847 in Cacouna, Canada East .
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Modeste TREMBLAY married

Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS
Marriage date: 25 July 1809
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS was the child of Henri LANGLAIS dit SERIEN and Anne Marie DOUCET

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Modeste LANGLOIS dite SÉRIEN

Born: 10 February 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada
Died: 23 February 1897, Cacouna, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1789
8 April 1789
Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1809 Marriage / Partner
Modeste TREMBLAY and Alexis SERIEN dit LANGLAIS 25 July 1809, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 20 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

1820 Birth of Child
Modeste LANGLOIS dite SÉRIEN was born 10 February 1820, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Modeste was 30 years old.

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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)