Madeleine TREMBLAY

Born

26 February 1810 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

18 July 1899 , Métabetchouan, Canada

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Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU

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Born: 26 February 1810 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU

Paternal grandparents: Basile TREMBLAY , Marie-Françoise THERRIEN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAVEAU (CLAVEAU) , Marie-Marguerite LAVOIE

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Madeleine married Mathias DUCHESNE 30 January 1838 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Mathias DUCHESNE was born 15 June 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Mathias died 7 May 1880 in Métabetchouan, Canada. Mathias was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE and Marie-Reine GAUDREAU.

Madeleine TREMBLAY died 18 July 1899 in Métabetchouan, Canada.
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Madeleine TREMBLAY married

Mathias DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 30 January 1838
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Mathias DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre DUCHESNE and Marie-Reine GAUDREAU

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Children of Mathias DUCHESNE and Madeleine TREMBLAY

Emilie DUCHESNE

Born: 17 November 1838, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 May 1875, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Arthemise DUCHESNE

Born: abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Arsene DUCHESNE

Born: 5 October 1846, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 28 January 1917, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada

Simon DUCHESNE

Born: 3 March 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 11 August 1911, Métabetchouan, Canada

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Birth — 1810
26 February 1810
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine TREMBLAY and Mathias DUCHESNE 30 January 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 27 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Emilie DUCHESNE was born 17 November 1838, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Arsene DUCHESNE was born 5 October 1846, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 36 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Birth of Child
Simon DUCHESNE was born 3 March 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Madeleine was 39 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.

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.

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.

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

1875 Death of Child
Emilie DUCHESNE died 25 May 1875, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Madeleine was 65 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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathias DUCHESNE died 7 May 1880, Métabetchouan, Canada

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