René TREMBLAY

(b. 9 June 1796 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 4 June 1873 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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René TREMBLAY was born 9 June 1796 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

René TREMBLAY was the child of André-Bruno TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre TREMBLAY and Emerence LAVOIE (maternal) Antoine TREMBLAY and Marguerite LAVOIE

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René married Gertrude BOIVIN 16 February 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Gertrude BOIVIN was born 29 April 1799 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Gertrude died 9 July 1880 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre). Gertrude was the child of Augustin BOIVIN and Gertrude LECLERC.

René TREMBLAY died 4 June 1873 in Alma, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of René TREMBLAY

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René TREMBLAY married

Gertrude BOIVIN-- Date: 16 February 1824 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Gertrude BOIVIN was the child of Augustin BOIVIN and Gertrude LECLERC

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Children of René TREMBLAY and Gertrude BOIVIN:

Marie-Judith TREMBLAY (b.5 March 1825, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. , )

Georges TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 February 1915, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Adelaide SAULNIER 23 November 1847 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Guillaume TREMBLAY (b.19 July 1827, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 25 June 1898, Hull, Québec, Canada )
m. Olive GAGNE 7 January 1851 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)
m. Marie-Quirille FORTIN 27 November 1860 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada
m. Marie SIMARD 22 September 1862 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Alexis TREMBLAY (b.15 June 1829, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 5 February 1918, Alma, Québec, Canada )
m. Adele SAULNIER 16 January 1849 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Pierre-Adolphe TREMBLAY (b.22 February 1831, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1831, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada )

Achille TREMBLAY (b.19 March 1832, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Adele BILODEAU 14 May 1855 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY (b.2 May 1834, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. , )

Charles TREMBLAY (b.7 September 1837, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada d. 12 March 1920, Rimouski, Québec, Canada )
m. Olive SAULNIER 9 April 1866 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

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1796 Birth
9 June 1796
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
René TREMBLAY and Gertrude BOIVIN 16 February 1824, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 27 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Marie-Judith TREMBLAY was born 5 March 1825, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 28 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Guillaume TREMBLAY was born 19 July 1827, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 31 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY was born 15 June 1829, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 33 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Pierre-Adolphe TREMBLAY was born 22 February 1831, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 34 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Achille TREMBLAY was born 19 March 1832, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 35 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 2 May 1834, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 37 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

1837 Birth of Child
Charles TREMBLAY was born 7 September 1837, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

René was 41 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Georges TREMBLAY married 23 November 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Adelaide SAULNIER

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

1849 Marriage of Child
Alexis TREMBLAY married 16 January 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Adele SAULNIER

1851 Marriage of Child
Guillaume TREMBLAY married 7 January 1851, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Olive GAGNE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Marriage of Child
Achille TREMBLAY married 14 May 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adele BILODEAU

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

1860 Marriage of Child
Guillaume TREMBLAY married 27 November 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Marie-Quirille FORTIN

1862 Marriage of Child
Guillaume TREMBLAY married 22 September 1862, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Marie SIMARD

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Charles TREMBLAY married 9 April 1866, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre) to Olive SAULNIER

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.