Guillaume TREMBLAY

Born

31 December 1807 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 May 1879 , Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Québec, Canada

Guillaume married Henriette TURCOTTE 4 October 1831 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Henriette TURCOTTE was born 9 January 1810 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Henriette died 30 June 1896 in Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Québec, Canada. Henriette was the child of Francois TURCOT and Constance BRISSON .

Parents & Family of Guillaume TREMBLAY

Parents of Guillaume TREMBLAY

Father

David TREMBLAY

Mother

Suzanne SIMARD

Grandparents of Guillaume TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY Madeleine BOULIANNE

Maternal grandparents

Alexis SIMARD Suzanne PERRON

FAMILY HERITAGE FINDS

Gifts & Books Connected to This Family

Explore a family-history gift or research resource related to this ancestor.

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)?

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY

Guillaume TREMBLAY married

Henriette TURCOTTE
Marriage date: 4 October 1831
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Henriette TURCOTTE was the child of Francois TURCOT and Constance BRISSON

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

Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Henriette TURCOTTE

David TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Euphemie ROUSSEAU 1850 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Constance TREMBLAY

Born: 18 May 1832, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Epiphane TREMBLAY

Born: 10 August 1835, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 3 February 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Portneuf, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

Married: Julie POITRAS 29 April 1857

Lumina TREMBLAY

Born: 13 October 1839, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 25 March 1905, Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Québec, Canada

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: 24 June 1843, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Ide TREMBLAY 7 May 1863

Francois TREMBLAY

Born: 15 October 1847, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louise DESBIENS 2 August 1869

Jean TREMBLAY

Born: 7 October 1849, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 30 December 1916, Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Saguenay, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie PARADIS 8 February 1875

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Guillaume's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Guillaume TREMBLAY.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Guillaume TREMBLAY.

How to read this timeline
Records about Guillaume TREMBLAY and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1807
31 December 1807
La Malbaie, 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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume TREMBLAY and Henriette TURCOTTE 4 October 1831, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Constance TREMBLAY was born 18 May 1832, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Guillaume was 24 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Epiphane TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1835, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Guillaume was 27 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Lumina TREMBLAY was born 13 October 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Guillaume was 31 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 24 June 1843, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Guillaume was 35 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 15 October 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Guillaume was 39 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Jean TREMBLAY was born 7 October 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Guillaume was 41 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.