Leon TREMBLAY

Born

27 February 1820 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

27 April 1899 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Luc TREMBLAY Catherine SIMARD

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Born: 27 February 1820 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Luc TREMBLAY

Mother: Catherine SIMARD

Paternal grandparents: Augustin TREMBLAY , Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SIMARD , Marie-Anne DALLAIRE

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Leon married Olive GIRARD 30 January 1844 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Olive GIRARD was born 17 February 1828 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Olive was the child of Benjamin GIRARD and Marie-Justine BLUTEAU.

Leon TREMBLAY died 27 April 1899 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Leon TREMBLAY

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Olive GIRARD
Marriage date: 30 January 1844
Marriage place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada East
Olive GIRARD was the child of Benjamin GIRARD and Marie-Justine BLUTEAU

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Children of Leon TREMBLAY and Olive GIRARD

Renat TREMBLAY

Born: 14 January 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 10 April 1909, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Arthemise TREMBLAY 3 February 1868 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

Odile TREMBLAY

Born: 10 May 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 22 November 1924, Ste-Tite-des-Caps, Canada

Benjamin TREMBLAY

Born: 18 January 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 11 March 1920, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Zoe DUFOUR 5 February 1878 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Malvina TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1851, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Euchariste TREMBLAY

Born: 20 September 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 17 December 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 24 November 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 5 January 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Elodie TREMBLAY

Born: 6 January 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 12 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Hector-Phileas TREMBLAY

Born: 13 January 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 8 February 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 23 April 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 9 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Sophie TREMBLAY

Born: 19 April 1866, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 8 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Marie-Delima TREMBLAY

Born: 13 September 1869, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 14 January 1873, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1820
27 February 1820
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Leon TREMBLAY and Olive GIRARD 30 January 1844, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 23 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Renat TREMBLAY was born 14 January 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 24 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Odile TREMBLAY was born 10 May 1847, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 27 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY was born 18 January 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 28 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Euchariste TREMBLAY was born 20 September 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 32 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 24 November 1854, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 34 years old.

1855 Death of Child
Euchariste TREMBLAY died 17 December 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 35 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

1859 Birth of Child
Elodie TREMBLAY was born 6 January 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 38 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Hector-Phileas TREMBLAY was born 13 January 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 41 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 23 April 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 44 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Sophie TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1866, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 46 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.

1867 Death of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY died 5 January 1867, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 46 years old.

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.

1868 Marriage of Child
Renat TREMBLAY married 3 February 1868, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière) to Arthemise TREMBLAY

1869 Birth of Child
Marie-Delima TREMBLAY was born 13 September 1869, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 49 years old.

1872 Death of Child
Sophie TREMBLAY died 8 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 51 years old.

1872 Death of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY died 9 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 51 years old.

1872 Death of Child
Elodie TREMBLAY died 12 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 51 years old.

1872 Death of Child
Marie-Delima TREMBLAY died 12 February 1872, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 51 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Philomene TREMBLAY was born 14 January 1873, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Leon was 52 years old.

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

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 Marriage of Child
Benjamin TREMBLAY married 5 February 1878, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Zoe DUFOUR

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

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada