Venant TREMBLAY

Born

18 May 1825 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

13 April 1895 , L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada

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Louis TREMBLAY Genevieve-Scholastique DEMEULE

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Born: 18 May 1825 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Father: Louis TREMBLAY

Mother: Genevieve-Scholastique DEMEULE

Paternal grandparents: Louis TREMBLAY , Charlotte DESGAGNES

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Venant married Virginie RICHARD 30 January 1849 in L'Isle-Verte, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Virginie RICHARD was born 2 September 1826 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Virginie died 23 November 1905 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Virginie was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie COTE.

Venant TREMBLAY died 13 April 1895 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada .

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Recorded occupation: Navigateur

The navigateur, or navigator, was the person on board a ship responsible for its navigation — a set of tasks to determine the position of a boat or ship and the route to follow. The navigator's primary responsibility was to be aware of the ship's position at all times. Near coastlines, he had to avoid hazards by determining optimal routes depending on the shoals, the state of the tide, and the channels to follow. On the high seas, he had to be skilled in long-term forecasting in order to make the best possible decisions depending on the weather.
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Venant TREMBLAY married

Virginie RICHARD
Marriage date: 30 January 1849
Marriage place: L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Virginie RICHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie COTE

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Children of Venant TREMBLAY and Virginie RICHARD

Philippe TREMBLAY

Born: 7 April 1849, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1899, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada

Married: Cedulie TANGUAY 28 July 1855 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Married: Marie-Louise NICOLE 13 October 1879 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 11 March 1851, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Died: 30 September 1882, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada

Married: Josephine DUBE 8 July 1872 Place: L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Anais TREMBLAY

Born: 19 July 1855, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Died: 9 May 1936, , Michigan, USA

Francois-Xavier-Venant TREMBLAY

Born: 9 November 1857, L'Isle-Verte, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1825
18 May 1825
Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Venant TREMBLAY and Virginie RICHARD 30 January 1849, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

He was 23 years old.

1849 Birth of Child
Philippe TREMBLAY was born 7 April 1849, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Venant was 23 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 11 March 1851, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Venant was 25 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.

1855 Birth of Child
Anais TREMBLAY was born 19 July 1855, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Venant was 30 years old.

1855 Marriage of Child
Philippe TREMBLAY married 28 July 1855, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Cedulie TANGUAY

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier-Venant TREMBLAY was born 9 November 1857, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Venant was 32 years old.

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.

1872 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 8 July 1872, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Josephine DUBE

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)

1879 Marriage of Child
Philippe TREMBLAY married 13 October 1879, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte) to Marie-Louise NICOLE

1882 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 30 September 1882, L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte)

Venant was 57 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)

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

Death — 1895
13 April 1895
L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 69.

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