Ambroise TREMBLAY

Born

9 December 1806 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

26 July 1891 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Victor TREMBLAY Felicite BRISSON

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Born: 9 December 1806 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Victor TREMBLAY

Mother: Felicite BRISSON

Paternal grandparents: Michel-David TREMBLAY , Marie DEMEULES

Maternal grandparents: Barthelemy BRISSON , Clothilde DESBIENS

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Ambroise married Julie BLACKBURN 4 April 1842 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Julie BLACKBURN was born 11 November 1824 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Julie died 14 December 1908 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Julie was the child of Pierre BLACKBURN and Christine BRASSARD.

Ambroise TREMBLAY died 26 July 1891 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada .
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Ambroise TREMBLAY married

Julie BLACKBURN
Marriage date: 4 April 1842
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Julie BLACKBURN was the child of Pierre BLACKBURN and Christine BRASSARD

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Children of Ambroise TREMBLAY and Julie BLACKBURN

Caroline TREMBLAY

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

Julie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 April 1921, Matane, Québec, Canada

Ambroise TREMBLAY

Born: 26 August 1847, Chicoutimi, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Lumina-Wilhemine HARVEY 14 April 1880 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Jean TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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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 — 1806
9 December 1806
Les Éboulements, 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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise TREMBLAY and Julie BLACKBURN 4 April 1842, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 35 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Birth of Child
Ambroise TREMBLAY was born 26 August 1847, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Ambroise was 40 years old.

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

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

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

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.