Gaspard TREMBLAY

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29 August 1812 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

31 January 1881 , Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

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Alexis TREMBLAY Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

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Born: 29 August 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Reine-Anne DEMEULES

Paternal grandparents: Etienne TREMBLAY , Charlotte DELAGE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Marc DEMEULES (DESMEULES) , Marie-Constance BILODEAU

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

Gaspard married Marcelline BILODEAU 21 February 1843 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marcelline BILODEAU was born abt. 1822 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marcelline died 13 September 1855 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marcelline was the child of Guillaume BILODEAU and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY.

Gaspard TREMBLAY died 31 January 1881 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada .
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Recorded occupation: 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

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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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Gaspard TREMBLAY married

Marcelline BILODEAU
Marriage date: 21 February 1843
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Marcelline BILODEAU was the child of Guillaume BILODEAU and Marie-Anne TREMBLAY

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Children of Gaspard TREMBLAY and Marcelline BILODEAU

Francois TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 July 1894, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Ombeline TREMBLAY

Born: 1 February 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 30 September 1907, St-Jérôme-du-Lac-Saint-Jean, Métabetchouan, Quebec, Canada

Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY

Born: June 1849, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 September 1849, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 26 September 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: 7 February 1903, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Alma-Emma GILBERT 14 August 1877 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1812
29 August 1812
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 - 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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Gaspard TREMBLAY and Marcelline BILODEAU 21 February 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 30 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Ombeline TREMBLAY was born 1 February 1846, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Gaspard was 33 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Louis-Gonzague TREMBLAY was born June 1849, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Gaspard was 36 years old.

1850 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 26 September 1850, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Gaspard was 38 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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marcelline BILODEAU died 13 September 1855, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.