Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY

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30 April 1820 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Died

14 December 1898 , Paquette, Compton, Quebec, Canada

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Antoine TREMBLAY Reine SAULNIER

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Born: 30 April 1820 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine TREMBLAY

Mother: Reine SAULNIER

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Jacques TREMBLAY , Marie-Anne ROY

Maternal grandparents: Charles SAULNIER , Louise MIGNEAULT

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Antoine-Philippe married Sophie DUHAMEL 30 April 1844 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie DUHAMEL was born 31 December 1819 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Sophie died 13 March 1896 in Paquette, Compton, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of Francois DUHAMEL and Charlotte ST-ROMAIN.

Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY died 14 December 1898 in Paquette, Compton, Quebec, Canada.
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Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY married

Sophie DUHAMEL
Marriage date: 30 April 1844
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada East
Sophie DUHAMEL was the child of Francois DUHAMEL and Charlotte ST-ROMAIN

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Children of Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY and Sophie DUHAMEL

Leopoldine TREMBLAY

Born: 9 June 1851, Contrecœur, Canada East
Died: 24 January 1933, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1820
30 April 1820
Contrecœur, 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
Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY and Sophie DUHAMEL 30 April 1844, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 24 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Leopoldine TREMBLAY was born 9 June 1851, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Antoine-Philippe 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.