Levite TREMBLAY

Born

17 January 1846 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

Died

19 December 1917 , St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Levite married Marie MARTEL 2 May 1871 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie MARTEL was born 12 August 1842 in Les Éboulements, Canada East . Marie died 3 May 1887 in St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada. Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Eulalie GAUTHIER .

Parents & Family of Levite TREMBLAY

Parents of Levite TREMBLAY

Father

Leopold TREMBLAY

Mother

Geneviève PILOTE

Grandparents of Levite TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Isaac TREMBLAY Rosalie TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents

Joseph PILOTE Anastasie TREMBLAY

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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 Levite TREMBLAY

Levite TREMBLAY married

Marie MARTEL
Marriage date: 2 May 1871
Marriage place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada
Marie MARTEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Eulalie GAUTHIER

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

Children of Levite TREMBLAY and Marie MARTEL

Aime TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1872, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Simon TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1876, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 October 1918, Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Adelina TREMBLAY

Born: 20 March 1881, Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alfred TREMBLAY 4 November 1912

William TREMBLAY

Born: 2 May 1887, St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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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

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Birth — 1846
17 January 1846
Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Levite TREMBLAY and Marie MARTEL 2 May 1871, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 25 years old.

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

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)

1881 Birth of Child
Adelina TREMBLAY was born 20 March 1881, Saint-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Levite was 35 years old.

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 Birth of Child
William TREMBLAY was born 2 May 1887, St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Levite was 41 years old.

1887 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie MARTEL died 3 May 1887, St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

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

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)

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.

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

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

Death — 1917
19 December 1917
St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 71.

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