Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY

Born

12 December 1833 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

12 April 1920 , St-Fidèle, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Noel TREMBLAY Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Born: 12 December 1833 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Noel TREMBLAY

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Urbain TREMBLAY , Dorothee GONTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis BOUCHARD , Marie DUFOUR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Ezechias married Adelaide DUFOUR 3 May 1859 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Adelaide DUFOUR was born 13 May 1839 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Adelaide died 11 February 1931 in St-Fidèle, Quebec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Roger DUFOUR and Adelaide TREMBLAY.

Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY died 12 April 1920 in St-Fidèle, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada.
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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.
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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.

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Spouse & Children of Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY

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Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY married

Adelaide DUFOUR
Marriage date: 3 May 1859
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East

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Adelaide DUFOUR was the child of Roger DUFOUR and Adelaide TREMBLAY

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Children of Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY and Adelaide DUFOUR

Amanda TREMBLAY

Born: 17 September 1865, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 15 December 1947, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1867, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 March 1935, St-Paul-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

Ulysse TREMBLAY

Born: 8 April 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
Died: 18 March 1931, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Virginie-Eugenie TREMBLAY

Born: 21 November 1873, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
Died: 23 March 1965, Saint-Siméon, Québec, Canada

Adjutor TREMBLAY

Born: 14 October 1883, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada
Died: 7 July 1956, Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Lauretta TREMBLAY

Born: August 1894, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 October 1967, St-Simeon, Quebec, Canada

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Birth — 1833
12 December 1833
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Ezechias TREMBLAY and Adelaide DUFOUR 3 May 1859, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Amanda TREMBLAY was born 17 September 1865, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph-Ezechias was 31 years old.

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Ulysse TREMBLAY was born 8 April 1868, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph-Ezechias was 34 years old.

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

1873 Birth of Child
Virginie-Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1873, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph-Ezechias was 39 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)

1883 Birth of Child
Adjutor TREMBLAY was born 14 October 1883, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph-Ezechias was 49 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 - 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 Birth of Child
Lauretta TREMBLAY was born August 1894, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph-Ezechias was 60 years old.

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)