Louis TREMBLAY

Born

10 July 1810 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

21 March 1890 , Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

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Denis TREMBLAY Marguerite ALLARD

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Born: 10 July 1810 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Denis TREMBLAY

Mother: Marguerite ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph TREMBLAY , Marie-Thecle TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Constantin ALLARD , Marie-Anne SIMARD

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Louis married Rosalie SENECAL 26 November 1839 in Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Rosalie SENECAL was born 25 January 1816 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Rosalie died 22 April 1880 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Jean SENECAL and Catherine PERRIER.

Louis TREMBLAY died 21 March 1890 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada.
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Tremblay Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug 11 ounce

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Recorded occupation: Cultivateur

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

Spouse & Children of Louis TREMBLAY

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Louis TREMBLAY married

Rosalie SENECAL
Marriage date: 26 November 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Valentin, Lower Canada
Rosalie SENECAL was the child of Jean SENECAL and Catherine PERRIER

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Louis TREMBLAY and Rosalie SENECAL

Onesime TREMBLAY

Born: 25 May 1842, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Died: 4 May 1874, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Damase LEDUC 26 November 1861 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

Exurie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1847, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Onesime BEAUDOIN 17 September 1872 Place: Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Emma TREMBLAY

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

Avila TREMBLAY

Born: 25 July 1855, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Died: 26 April 1914, Saint-Paul-de-l'Ile-aux-Noix, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Birth — 1810
10 July 1810
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

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 Marriage / Partner
Louis TREMBLAY and Rosalie SENECAL 26 November 1839, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY was born 25 May 1842, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Louis was 31 years old.

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.

1855 Birth of Child
Avila TREMBLAY was born 25 July 1855, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Louis was 45 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

1861 Marriage of Child
Onesime TREMBLAY married 26 November 1861, Saint-Valentin, Canada East to Damase LEDUC

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.