Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY

Born

21 August 1799 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

26 June 1883 , Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada

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Etienne TREMBLAY Felicite TREMBLAY

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Born: 21 August 1799 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne TREMBLAY

Mother: Felicite TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Etienne-Gaspard TREMBLAY , Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Scholastique DEMEULES (DESMEULES)

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Jean-Etienne married Marie BERTRAND 23 June 1829 in Québec, Lower Canada . Marie BERTRAND was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 30 April 1850 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie was the child of Augustin BERTRAND and Josephte ROCHEREAU.

Jean-Etienne married (2) Charlotte BEDARD 19 November 1851 in Québec, Canada East . Charlotte BEDARD was born 29 October 1804 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Charlotte died 8 February 1877 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada. Charlotte was the child of Charles BEDARD and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS.

Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY died 26 June 1883 in Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada.
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Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY married

Marie BERTRAND
Marriage date: 23 June 1829
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada
Marie BERTRAND was the child of Augustin BERTRAND and Josephte ROCHEREAU

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Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY married

Charlotte BEDARD
Marriage date: 19 November 1851
Marriage place: Québec, Canada East
Charlotte BEDARD was the child of Charles BEDARD and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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Birth — 1799
21 August 1799
Les Éboulements, 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)

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY and Marie BERTRAND 23 June 1829, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 29 years old.

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)

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie BERTRAND died 30 April 1850, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Etienne TREMBLAY and Charlotte BEDARD 19 November 1851, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 52 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.

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

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.