flag female ancestor  Modeste  DUCHESNE

  (b. 8 May 1798 La Malbaie, Lower Canada   d. 7 May 1879 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada )  

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Modeste DUCHESNE was born 8 May 1798 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Modeste DUCHESNE was the child of Pierre-Jacques DUCHESNE   and   Felicite IMBEAULT dite LAGRANGE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Anne COCHON (CAUCHON) (maternal)  Francois IMBEAULT dit LAGRANGE and Marie-Catherine RINGUET

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

Modeste  married  Louis TREMBLAY 14 November 1815 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Louis TREMBLAY  was born 8 July 1793 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements).  Louis died 23 July 1862 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada.  Louis was the child of Urbain TREMBLAY and Dorothee GONTHIER.

Modeste DUCHESNE died 7 May 1879 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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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Family and Children of Modeste DUCHESNE

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Modeste DUCHESNE married flag male ancestor Louis TREMBLAY-- Date: 14 November 1815 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
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Louis TREMBLAY was the child of Urbain TREMBLAY and Dorothee GONTHIER




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Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Modeste DUCHESNE:

flag male ancestor Louis TREMBLAY (b.6 September 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. 6 March 1879, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Olive CHOUINARD 27 April 1841 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

flag male ancestor Antoine TREMBLAY (b.1 March 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Marie-Eve TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada   d. 29 May 1903, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)

flag female ancestor Luce TREMBLAY (b.5 March 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. , )
m. Louis MORIN 1 April 1845 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

flag male ancestor Leandre TREMBLAY (b.15 December 1825, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 17 March 1896, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie GIRARD 4 September 1848 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

flag male ancestor Salutaire TREMBLAY (b.2 October 1827, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 30 January 1876, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada )
m. Adelaide MARTEL 2 August 1847 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

flag female ancestor Marie-Zenobie TREMBLAY (b.6 March 1831, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag female ancestor Clementine TREMBLAY (b.18 April 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada   d. , )

flag male ancestor Etienne TREMBLAY (b.2 August 1835, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. , )
m. Leocadie LALANCETTE 20 April 1857
m. Louise GIRARD 17 April 1860 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)
m. Louise GAGNÉ 29 July 1878 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

flag baby boy ancestor Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY (b.7 July 1837, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada   d. 9 July 1837, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada )

flag male ancestor Xavier TREMBLAY (b.10 September 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East   d. 23 March 1934, Lac-Bouchette, Québec, Canada)
m. Elisa BOIVIN 15 July 1863 in Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean)



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birth1798 Birth
8 May 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
marriage1815 Marriage / Partner
Modeste DUCHESNE and Louis TREMBLAY 14 November 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 17 years old.
1816 Birth of Child
Louis TREMBLAY was born 6 September 1816, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 18 years old.
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1819 Birth of Child
Antoine TREMBLAY was born 1 March 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 20 years old.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1824 Birth of Child
Luce TREMBLAY was born 5 March 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 25 years old.
1825 Birth of Child
Leandre TREMBLAY was born 15 December 1825, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 27 years old.
1827 Birth of Child
Salutaire TREMBLAY was born 2 October 1827, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 29 years old.
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1831 Birth of Child
Marie-Zenobie TREMBLAY was born 6 March 1831, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 32 years old.
1833 Birth of Child
Clementine TREMBLAY was born 18 April 1833, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 34 years old.
1835 Birth of Child
Etienne TREMBLAY was born 2 August 1835, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 37 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1837 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 7 July 1837, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 39 years old.
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1841 Marriage of Child
Louis TREMBLAY married 27 April 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Marie-Olive CHOUINARD
1841 Birth of Child
Xavier TREMBLAY was born 10 September 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Modeste was 43 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1845 Marriage of Child
Luce TREMBLAY married 1 April 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis MORIN
marriage1847 Marriage of Child
Salutaire TREMBLAY married 2 August 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Adelaide MARTEL
marriage1848 Marriage of Child
Leandre TREMBLAY married 4 September 1848, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Marie GIRARD
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1860 Marriage of Child
Etienne TREMBLAY married 17 April 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Louise GIRARD
1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis TREMBLAY died 23 July 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada
marriage1863 Marriage of Child
Xavier TREMBLAY married 15 July 1863, Roberval, Québec, Canada (Lac-Saint-Jean) to Elisa BOIVIN
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1876 Death of Child
Salutaire TREMBLAY died 30 January 1876, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Modeste was 77 years old.
marriage1878 Marriage of Child
Etienne TREMBLAY married 29 July 1878, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Louise GAGNÉ
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1879 Death
7 May 1879
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 81.
Added: 1/8/2024 12:17:05 AM - Updated: 7/14/2024 5:52:33 PM

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