Pierre TREMBLAY

Born

28 June 1824 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

21 November 1881 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Jerome TREMBLAY Brigitte LAJOIE

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Born: 28 June 1824 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Jerome TREMBLAY

Mother: Brigitte LAJOIE

Paternal grandparents: Francois TREMBLAY , Merance-Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: François LAJOIE , Elisabeth PERRON

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Pierre married Obeline BOUCHARD 16 July 1850 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Obeline BOUCHARD was born 9 November 1830 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Obeline died 20 April 1872 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Obeline was the child of Julien BOUCHARD and Charlotte LECLERC.

Pierre TREMBLAY died 21 November 1881 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Tremblay Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug 11 ounce

Introducing the Tremblay Family Legacy Mug, a tribute to the rich heritage of the NUMBER ONE SURNAME IN QUEBEC! Did you know that all the Tremblays in North America are descended from ONE couple (Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne Achon)?

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Recorded occupation: Instituteur, cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre TREMBLAY married

Obeline BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 16 July 1850
Marriage place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Obeline BOUCHARD was the child of Julien BOUCHARD and Charlotte LECLERC

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre TREMBLAY and Obeline BOUCHARD

Marie-Danaise TREMBLAY

Born: 8 April 1857, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 11 February 1951, St-François-de-Sales, Canada

Married: Isaie GAGNON 3 May 1876 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Anaise TREMBLAY

Born: 30 April 1862, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 15 April 1902, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Married: Cleophe TREMBLAY 16 November 1880 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Georgina TREMBLAY

Born: 19 September 1867, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 4 September 1950, St-François-de-Sales, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 29 July 1890 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Georges TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1871, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 April 1894, Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1824
28 June 1824
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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)

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
Pierre TREMBLAY and Obeline BOUCHARD 16 July 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Marie-Danaise TREMBLAY was born 8 April 1857, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Pierre was 32 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Anaise TREMBLAY was born 30 April 1862, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Pierre was 37 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.