Alexis TREMBLAY

Born

15 June 1829 , Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

Died

5 February 1918 , Alma, Québec, Canada

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René TREMBLAY Gertrude BOIVIN

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Born: 15 June 1829 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

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Alexis married Adele SAULNIER 16 January 1849 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Adele SAULNIER was born 3 October 1830 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada. Adele died 11 September 1910 in Alma, Québec, Canada . Adele was the child of Olivier SAULNIER and Madeleine SIMARD.

Alexis TREMBLAY died 5 February 1918 in Alma, Québec, Canada .
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Adele SAULNIER
Marriage date: 16 January 1849
Marriage place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Adele SAULNIER was the child of Olivier SAULNIER and Madeleine SIMARD

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Saint-Alexis-de-Grande-Baie, Chicoutimi, Québec

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Children of Alexis TREMBLAY and Adele SAULNIER

Onesime TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 July 1912, Ellis Bay, Ile d'Anticosti

Married: Victorine NERON 15 January 1872 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Amedee Emelie (Medee) SIMARD 30 September 1889 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 2 October 1851, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Ferdinand TREMBLAY

Born: 15 March 1854, Grande-Baie, Canada
Died: 9 October 1925, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Married: Claudia TREMBLAY 26 September 1887 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada

Marie Adeline TREMBLAY

Born: 8 February 1856, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 20 May 1927, Waukegan Lake, Illinois, USA

Seraphine TREMBLAY

Born: 24 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: abt. 1950, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada

Married: Charles NERON 13 January 1875 Place: Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Marie-Antoinette TREMBLAY

Born: 25 July 1860, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Died: 8 December 1918, Alma, Québec, Canada

Georgiana TREMBLAY

Born: 18 January 1866, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East
Died: 23 June 1949, St-Simon de Drummond, Canada

Joseph-Toussaint TREMBLAY

Born: 1 November 1868, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Eugenie TREMBLAY

Born: 16 February 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Died: 19 May 1933, Hull, Québec, Canada

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1829
15 June 1829
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Alexis TREMBLAY and Adele SAULNIER 16 January 1849, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 19 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 2 October 1851, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Alexis was 22 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY was born 15 March 1854, Grande-Baie, Canada

Alexis was 24 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marie Adeline TREMBLAY was born 8 February 1856, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Alexis was 26 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

1858 Birth of Child
Seraphine TREMBLAY was born 24 April 1858, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Alexis was 28 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Antoinette TREMBLAY was born 25 July 1860, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Alexis was 31 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Georgiana TREMBLAY was born 18 January 1866, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Alexis was 36 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
Joseph-Toussaint TREMBLAY was born 1 November 1868, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Alexis was 39 years old.

1872 Marriage of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY married 15 January 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada to Victorine NERON

1872 Birth of Child
Marie-Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 16 February 1872, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Alexis was 42 years old.

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

1875 Marriage of Child
Seraphine TREMBLAY married 13 January 1875, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada to Charles NERON

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.

1887 Marriage of Child
Ferdinand TREMBLAY married 26 September 1887, Joliette, Québec, Canada to Claudia TREMBLAY

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Marriage of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY married 30 September 1889, Laterrière, Québec, Canada to Amedee Emelie (Medee) SIMARD

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 - 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