Jean TREMBLAY

(b. 2 June 1838 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 24 September 1891 , Alma, Québec, Canada )

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Jean TREMBLAY was born 2 June 1838 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

Jean TREMBLAY was the child of Pierre TREMBLAY and Adelaide MENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne TREPANIER (maternal) Pierre MENARD and Marie-Angélique GIRARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Louise TREMBLAY 4 August 1862 in Chicoutimi, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Louise TREMBLAY was born 4 September 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Louise died 12 December 1884 in Richmond, Québec, Canada. Louise was the child of Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise BLACKBURN.

Jean married (2) Marie-Louise GRAVEL 16 May 1889 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada . Marie-Louise GRAVEL was born 9 October 1844 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE).

Jean TREMBLAY died 24 September 1891 in Alma, Québec, Canada .
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Family and Children of Jean TREMBLAY

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Jean TREMBLAY married

Louise TREMBLAY-- Date: 4 August 1862 Place: Chicoutimi, Canada East
Louise TREMBLAY was the child of Pascal TREMBLAY and Marie-Louise BLACKBURN

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Children of Jean TREMBLAY and Louise TREMBLAY:

Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY (b.11 June 1863, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East d. , )

Alfred TREMBLAY (b.17 July 1864, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East d. , )

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY (b.23 February 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada East d. abt. 1943, Alma, Québec, Canada )

Ernest TREMBLAY (b.16 December 1868, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada d. , )

Johnny TREMBLAY (b.21 May 1870, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada d. 5 December 1950, )

Pierre TREMBLAY (b.11 December 1871, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada d. 12 December 1871, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )

Pierre TREMBLAY (b.22 October 1872, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada d. 5 April 1953, Ste-Jeanne-d'Arc, Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada)

Arthur TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1875, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1926, La Tuque, Canada)

Rose TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1892, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean TREMBLAY married

Marie-Louise GRAVEL-- Date: 16 May 1889 Place: Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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Marie-Louise GRAVEL was the child of Joseph GRAVEL and Alexandrine RATTÉ (RATE)

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1838 Birth
2 June 1838
Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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)

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Jean TREMBLAY and Louise TREMBLAY 4 August 1862, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

He was 24 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY was born 11 June 1863, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 25 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Alfred TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1864, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 26 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 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 23 February 1867, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 28 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 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 16 December 1868, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 30 years old.

1870 Birth of Child
Johnny TREMBLAY was born 21 May 1870, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 31 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 11 December 1871, Hébertville, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada (Hebertville) (Hébertville-Station) (Labarre)

Jean was 33 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Pierre TREMBLAY was born 22 October 1872, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Jean was 34 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 - 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)