flag male ancestor  Guillaume  TREMBLAY

  (b. 19 July 1827 Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada   d. 25 June 1898 Hull, Québec, Canada )  

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Guillaume TREMBLAY was born 19 July 1827 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Guillaume TREMBLAY was the child of René TREMBLAY   and   Gertrude BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  André-Bruno TREMBLAY and Marie-Reine TREMBLAY (maternal)  Augustin BOIVIN and 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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Occupation

Guillaume TREMBLAY was a 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
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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Family and Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY

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Guillaume TREMBLAY married flag female ancestor Olive GAGNE-- Date: 7 January 1851 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:

flag male ancestor Onesime TREMBLAY (b.8 July 1856, Chicoutimi, Canada East   d. 24 July 1937, Hull, Québec, Canada )




Guillaume TREMBLAY married flag female ancestor Marie-Quirille FORTIN-- Date: 27 November 1860 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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Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Marie-Quirille FORTIN:



Guillaume TREMBLAY married flag female ancestor Marie SIMARD-- Date: 22 September 1862 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Marie SIMARD was the child of Ismael SIMARD and Sophie MOREL




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birth1827 Birth
19 July 1827
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1851 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.
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - 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.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
marriage1860 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
marriage1862 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.
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
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.
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
marriage1888 Marriage of Child
Simon-Stanislas TREMBLAY married 8 August 1888, Hull, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)* to Eleonore WHISSEL
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1898 Death
25 June 1898
Hull, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.
Added: 1/8/2024 12:49:53 AM - Updated: 11/22/2025 5:32:09 PM

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