Guillaume TREMBLAY

Born

11 November 1820 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

14 May 1904 , St-Eugène, L'islet, Québec, Canada

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Zacharie TREMBLAY Marie-Thérèse DUFOUR

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Born: 11 November 1820 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Zacharie TREMBLAY

Mother: Marie-Thérèse DUFOUR

Paternal grandparents: Jean TREMBLAY , Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Augustin-Roch DUFOUR , Marie-Thérèse-Suzanne TREMBLAY

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Guillaume married Lucie CHOUINARD 31 March 1845 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Lucie CHOUINARD was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Lucie died 22 February 1908 in St-Marcel, L'Islet, Québec, Canada. Lucie was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHOUINARD and Luce ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT.

Guillaume TREMBLAY died 14 May 1904 in St-Eugène, L'islet, Québec, Canada.
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Lucie CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 31 March 1845
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Lucie CHOUINARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHOUINARD and Luce ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Children of Guillaume TREMBLAY and Lucie CHOUINARD

Octave TREMBLAY

Born: 21 February 1850, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: 20 August 1918, St-Marcel, L'Islet, Québec, Canada

Married: Alphonsine POITRAS 17 November 1874

Marie-Osithe TREMBLAY

Born: 29 June 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: 20 September 1932, LaBroquerie. Manitoba, Canada

Married: Pierre POITRAS 13 January 1874 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Hermine TREMBLAY

Born: 23 March 1855, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 11 January 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
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Lucien TREMBLAY

Born: 2 April 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1820
11 November 1820
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume TREMBLAY and Lucie CHOUINARD 31 March 1845, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Octave TREMBLAY was born 21 February 1850, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 29 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Osithe TREMBLAY was born 29 June 1852, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 31 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Marie-Hermine TREMBLAY was born 23 March 1855, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 34 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 11 January 1857, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 36 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Lucien TREMBLAY was born 2 April 1862, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 41 years old.

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.

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Marie-Osithe TREMBLAY married 13 January 1874, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Pierre POITRAS

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.

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

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