Adelaide DESBIENS

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28 April 1816 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

19 October 1889 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Etienne DESBIENS Madeleine BOUCHARD

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Born: 28 April 1816 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne DESBIENS

Mother: Madeleine BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESBIENS , Marie-Luce PEDNEAU (PEDNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BOUCHARD , Marie-Josephte GRENON

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

Adelaide married Francois TREMBLAY 6 February 1837 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Francois TREMBLAY was born 26 September 1805 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Francois died 6 November 1879 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Francois was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE.

Adelaide DESBIENS died 19 October 1889 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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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 Adelaide DESBIENS

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Adelaide DESBIENS married

Francois TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 6 February 1837
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

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Francois TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Julie LAJOIE

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Children of Francois TREMBLAY and Adelaide DESBIENS

Elie-Leo TREMBLAY

Born: 15 January 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: 2 January 1916, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie TREMBLAY 31 August 1863 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Lea TREMBLAY

Born: 15 January 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 17 March 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: 21 September 1905, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie BELLEY 14 September 1869 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Isaie TREMBLAY

Born: 16 September 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 11 December 1918, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide BILODEAU 11 August 1874 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 29 January 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 1 September 1863 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Augustin TREMBLAY

Born: 23 February 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine BOUDREAU 29 July 1873 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Aglae TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 May 1898, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Claire TREMBLAY

Born: 11 April 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 31 May 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 7 December 1899, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Adele GAGNON 4 March 1878 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Francois-Xavier-Elzear TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1852, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Georgiane MENARD 31 July 1883 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Fabien TREMBLAY

Born: 17 February 1856, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 9 June 1861, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Hermias TREMBLAY

Born: 22 April 1859, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 21 January 1933, , Canada

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Birth — 1816
28 April 1816
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide DESBIENS and Francois TREMBLAY 6 February 1837, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

She was 20 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Elie-Leo TREMBLAY was born 15 January 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 21 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Lea TREMBLAY was born 15 January 1838, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 21 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

1840 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 17 March 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 23 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Isaie TREMBLAY was born 16 September 1841, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 25 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1844, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY was born 23 February 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 29 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Claire TREMBLAY was born 11 April 1848, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 31 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 31 May 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 34 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier-Elzear TREMBLAY was born 4 December 1852, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 36 years old.

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

1856 Birth of Child
Fabien TREMBLAY was born 17 February 1856, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 39 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

1859 Birth of Child
Hermias TREMBLAY was born 22 April 1859, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 43 years old.

1861 Death of Child
Fabien TREMBLAY died 9 June 1861, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Adelaide was 45 years old.

1863 Marriage of Child
Elie-Leo TREMBLAY married 31 August 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie TREMBLAY

1863 Marriage of Child
Marie TREMBLAY married 1 September 1863, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Louis TREMBLAY

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

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

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

1869 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY married 14 September 1869, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Marie BELLEY

1873 Marriage of Child
Augustin TREMBLAY married 29 July 1873, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Madeleine BOUDREAU

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Isaie TREMBLAY married 11 August 1874, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adelaide BILODEAU

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 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 4 March 1878, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adele GAGNON

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francois TREMBLAY died 6 November 1879, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

1883 Marriage of Child
Francois-Xavier-Elzear TREMBLAY married 31 July 1883, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Georgiane MENARD

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.

Death — 1889
19 October 1889
Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 73.

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