Abraham TREMBLAY

Born

7 April 1799 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 March 1876 , St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Abraham TREMBLAY

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Born: 7 April 1799 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Parents of Abraham TREMBLAY

Father

Alexis TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

Grandparents of Abraham TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Etienne TREMBLAY Charlotte DELAGE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) Marie-Constance BILODEAU

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

Abraham married Elisabeth DUFOUR 20 February 1821 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Elisabeth DUFOUR was born 16 September 1797 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada . Elisabeth died 27 November 1879 in La Baie, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth was the child of Timothee DUFOUR and Elisabeth SIMARD.

Abraham TREMBLAY died 22 March 1876 in St-Alphonse-de-Bagotville, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abraham TREMBLAY

Abraham TREMBLAY married

Elisabeth DUFOUR
Marriage date: 20 February 1821
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Elisabeth DUFOUR was the child of Timothee DUFOUR and Elisabeth SIMARD

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Children of Abraham TREMBLAY and Elisabeth DUFOUR

Theophile TREMBLAY

Born: 2 December 1826, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 29 February 1880, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Married: Sophie LAPOINTE 1 February 1853 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Delima SAVARD 6 July 1869 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada

Stanislas TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1828, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Modeste TREMBLAY 5 February 1850 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

Flavie TREMBLAY

Born: 12 June 1830, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 20 February 1910, Laterrière, Québec, Canada

Antoinette TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Born: 10 August 1834, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Theodule TREMBLAY 19 February 1855 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Privat TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Emerentienne BOULIANNE 17 February 1857 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Married: Monique MORIN 8 February 1859 Place: La Baie, Canada East

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Abraham TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 July 1909, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose-Delima LAPOINTE 17 February 1861 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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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 — 1799
7 April 1799
La Malbaie, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Abraham TREMBLAY and Elisabeth DUFOUR 20 February 1821, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY was born 2 December 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Abraham was 27 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1830 Birth of Child
Flavie TREMBLAY was born 12 June 1830, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Abraham was 31 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 10 August 1834, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Abraham was 35 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Stanislas TREMBLAY married 5 February 1850, La Malbaie, Canada East to Modeste TREMBLAY

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Theophile TREMBLAY married 1 February 1853, La Malbaie, Canada East to Sophie LAPOINTE

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

1855 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY married 19 February 1855, La Baie, Canada East to Theodule TREMBLAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Marriage of Child
Privat TREMBLAY married 17 February 1857, La Baie, Canada East to Emerentienne BOULIANNE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage of Child
Privat TREMBLAY married 8 February 1859, La Baie, Canada East to Monique MORIN

1861 Marriage of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY married 17 February 1861, La Baie, Canada East to Rose-Delima LAPOINTE

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.