Abel TREMBLAY

Born

11 October 1847 , Les Éboulements, Canada East

Died

19 January 1893 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Abel married Georgina GAUTHIER 17 August 1875 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Georgina GAUTHIER was born abt. 1856 in Québec Province, Canada. Georgina died 10 May 1888 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada . Georgina was the child of Magloire GAUTHIER and Marcelline FORTIN .

Parents & Family of Abel TREMBLAY

Parents of Abel TREMBLAY

Father

Bernard TREMBLAY

Mother

Caroline GIRARD

Grandparents of Abel TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Bernard TREMBLAY Adelaide BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents

Emmanuel GIRARD Marie-Thecle AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abel TREMBLAY

Abel TREMBLAY married

Georgina GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 17 August 1875
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Georgina GAUTHIER was the child of Magloire GAUTHIER and Marcelline FORTIN

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Children of Abel TREMBLAY and Georgina GAUTHIER

Pamela TREMBLAY

Born: 13 April 1878, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Anna TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1880, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Richard TREMBLAY

Born: 19 June 1883, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Odivie TREMBLAY

Born: 15 February 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, 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 — 1847
11 October 1847
Les Éboulements, Canada East

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.

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

1875 Marriage / Partner
Abel TREMBLAY and Georgina GAUTHIER 17 August 1875, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 27 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Pamela TREMBLAY was born 13 April 1878, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Abel was 30 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Birth of Child
Richard TREMBLAY was born 19 June 1883, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Abel was 35 years old.

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)

1886 Birth of Child
Odivie TREMBLAY was born 15 February 1886, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Abel was 38 years old.

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.