Guillaume TREMBLAY

Born

19 July 1827 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Died

25 June 1898 , Hull, Québec, Canada

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René TREMBLAY Gertrude BOIVIN

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Born: 19 July 1827 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Father: René TREMBLAY

Mother: Gertrude BOIVIN

Paternal grandparents: André-Bruno TREMBLAY , Marie-Reine TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Augustin BOIVIN , Gertrude LECLERC

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

Guillaume married Olive GAGNE 7 January 1851 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olive GAGNE was born 23 April 1831 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Olive died 15 February 1860 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Olive was the child of Michel GAGNE and Beatrice BOULIANNE.

Guillaume married (2) Marie-Quirille FORTIN 27 November 1860 in Laterrière, Canada East . Marie-Quirille FORTIN was born 20 November 1831 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Marie-Quirille died 8 October 1861 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Quirille was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Theotiste BOIVIN.

Guillaume married (3) Marie SIMARD 22 September 1862 in Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie SIMARD was born abt. 1846 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 20 December 1903 in Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* . Marie was the child of Ismael SIMARD and Sophie MOREL.

Guillaume TREMBLAY died 25 June 1898 in Hull, Québec, 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.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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 Guillaume TREMBLAY

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Guillaume TREMBLAY married

Olive GAGNE
Marriage date: 7 January 1851
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East

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Olive GAGNE was the child of Michel GAGNE and Beatrice BOULIANNE

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Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Olive GAGNE

Onesime TREMBLAY

Born: 8 July 1856, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 24 July 1937, Hull, Québec, Canada

Guillaume TREMBLAY married

Marie-Quirille FORTIN
Marriage date: 27 November 1860
Marriage place: Laterrière, Canada East

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Marie-Quirille FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Theotiste BOIVIN

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Guillaume TREMBLAY married

Marie SIMARD
Marriage date: 22 September 1862
Marriage place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Marie SIMARD was the child of Ismael SIMARD and Sophie MOREL

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Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie SIMARD

Simon-Stanislas TREMBLAY

Born: 24 September 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Died: 30 May 1929, Hull, Québec, Canada

Married: Eleonore WHISSEL 8 August 1888 Place: Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)*

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Birth — 1827
19 July 1827
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

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

He was 23 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.

1856 Birth of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY was born 8 July 1856, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Guillaume was 28 years old.

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 / Partner
Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie-Quirille FORTIN 27 November 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Olive GAGNE died 15 February 1860, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

1861 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Quirille FORTIN died 8 October 1861, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

1862 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie SIMARD 22 September 1862, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

He was 35 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Simon-Stanislas TREMBLAY was born 24 September 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Guillaume was 40 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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)

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.

1888 Marriage of Child
Simon-Stanislas TREMBLAY married 8 August 1888, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* to Eleonore WHISSEL

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