Jean TREMBLAY

Born

9 September 1818 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

5 June 1903 , Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Jean married Felicite DUFOUR 5 February 1850 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Felicite DUFOUR was born 13 September 1827 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Felicite died 7 July 1911 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada . Felicite was the child of Charles DUFOUR and Monique BARRETTE .

Parents & Family of Jean TREMBLAY

Parents of Jean TREMBLAY

Father

Eloi TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie-Luce GAUTHIER

Grandparents of Jean TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Louis-Roch-Augustin TREMBLAY Constance-Ursule-Dorothée SIMARD

Maternal grandparents

Gaspard GAUTHIER dit LAROUCHE Therese TREMBLAY

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean TREMBLAY

Jean TREMBLAY married

Felicite DUFOUR
Marriage date: 5 February 1850
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Felicite DUFOUR was the child of Charles DUFOUR and Monique BARRETTE

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Children of Jean TREMBLAY and Felicite DUFOUR

Joseph TREMBLAY

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

Married: Aurore TREMBLAY 24 February 1879 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 June 1900, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Anesie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1862, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 July 1931, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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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 — 1818
9 September 1818
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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)

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 / Partner
Jean TREMBLAY and Felicite DUFOUR 5 February 1850, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 31 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.

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.