Francois TREMBLAY

Born

26 May 1815 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

22 July 1901 , Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

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Louis-David TREMBLAY Dorothee BRISSON

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Born: 26 May 1815 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis-David TREMBLAY

Mother: Dorothee BRISSON

Paternal grandparents: Michel-David TREMBLAY , Marie DEMEULES

Maternal grandparents: Ignace-Lazare BRISSON , Marie-Rosalie MARTEL

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Francois married Leocadie HARVEY 14 September 1841 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Leocadie HARVEY was born 17 November 1821 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie died 22 June 1895 in Buckingham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-de-Nazianze). Leocadie was the child of Pierre HARVEY and Genevieve FORTIN.

Francois TREMBLAY died 22 July 1901 in Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada .
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Francois TREMBLAY married

Leocadie HARVEY
Marriage date: 14 September 1841
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Leocadie HARVEY was the child of Pierre HARVEY and Genevieve FORTIN

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Children of Francois TREMBLAY and Leocadie HARVEY

Demerise TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Georges TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1850, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Philomene GIRARD 26 August 1873 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Pierre TREMBLAY

Born: 14 September 1850, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: 1 June 1888, Buckingham, Québec, Canada

Married: Delima SAULNIER 12 February 1873 Place: Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Leocadie TREMBLAY

Born: 21 August 1854, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Emilie TREMBLAY

Born: 6 September 1860, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Calixte TREMBLAY

Born: 10 September 1864, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1815
26 May 1815
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 Marriage / Partner
Francois TREMBLAY and Leocadie HARVEY 14 September 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 14 September 1850, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois was 35 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Leocadie TREMBLAY was born 21 August 1854, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois 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

1860 Birth of Child
Emilie TREMBLAY was born 6 September 1860, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois was 45 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Calixte TREMBLAY was born 10 September 1864, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Francois was 49 years old.

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.