Pierre TREMBLAY

Born

5 April 1846 , La Malbaie, Canada East

Died

3 October 1927 , St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Pierre married Cedulie POTVIN 30 June 1874 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Cedulie POTVIN was born 29 December 1854 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . Cedulie died 3 March 1928 in St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada. Cedulie was the child of Francois POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD .

Parents & Family of Pierre TREMBLAY

Parents of Pierre TREMBLAY

Father

Faustin TREMBLAY

Mother

Marguerite BILODEAU

Grandparents of Pierre TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY Marie-Marthe CLAVEAU

Maternal grandparents

Pierre BILODEAU Marie MALTAIS

photo/ portrait (above) from nosorigines.qc.ca

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: 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

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre TREMBLAY

Pierre TREMBLAY married

Cedulie POTVIN
Marriage date: 30 June 1874
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Cedulie POTVIN was the child of Francois POTVIN and Agnes BOUCHARD

Marriage notes:

Chicoutimi

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

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Pierre TREMBLAY and Cedulie POTVIN

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Alice TREMBLAY

Born: 16 November 1877, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: 27 August 1906, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Harry TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1882, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 June 1921, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Louis-Philippe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1888, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 May 1968, Amqui, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Rosianne (Rose-Anne) TREMBLAY

Born: 8 December 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
Died: 29 September 1912, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Francois-Nil TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1890, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 May 1973, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Patrice TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1892, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 August 1974, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Albertine TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1893, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1896, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 13 August 1896, Amqui, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Emilie TREMBLAY

Born: 30 March 1899, Amqui, Matapédia, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1846
5 April 1846
La Malbaie, Canada East

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.

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

1874 Marriage / Partner
Pierre TREMBLAY and Cedulie POTVIN 30 June 1874, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 28 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Alice TREMBLAY was born 16 November 1877, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Pierre was 31 years old.

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)

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)

1889 Birth of Child
Rosianne (Rose-Anne) TREMBLAY was born 8 December 1889, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Pierre was 43 years old.

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)

1899 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 30 March 1899, Amqui, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 53 years old.

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.

1906 Death of Child
Alice TREMBLAY died 27 August 1906, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 60 years old.

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

1912 Death of Child
Rosianne (Rose-Anne) TREMBLAY died 29 September 1912, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 66 years old.

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 Death of Child
Harry TREMBLAY died 27 June 1921, St-Léon-le-Grand, Matapédia, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 75 years old.

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

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

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))