Gregoire TREMBLAY

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22 October 1813 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

12 January 1889 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Benjamin TREMBLAY Marguerite NAVARRE

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Born: 22 October 1813 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Benjamin TREMBLAY

Mother: Marguerite NAVARRE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-François TREMBLAY , Madeleine GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste NAVARRE , Marie-Madeleine THIBAULT (THIBEAULT)

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Gregoire married Hermine TREMBLAY 13 August 1839 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Hermine TREMBLAY was born 17 July 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Hermine died 30 July 1887 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Hermine was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Quirille GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE.

Gregoire TREMBLAY died 12 January 1889 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Gregoire TREMBLAY married

Hermine TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 13 August 1839
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Hermine TREMBLAY was the child of Jacques TREMBLAY and Quirille GAUTHIER dite LAROUCHE

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Children of Gregoire TREMBLAY and Hermine TREMBLAY

Edouard TREMBLAY

Born: 3 May 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 7 August 1907, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Christine TRUCHON 23 August 1864 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Married: Marie-Anne TRUCHON 22 November 1881 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 26 June 1848, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 8 March 1932, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne TRUCHON 3 August 1869 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Married: Marie-Malvina HARVEY 28 July 1874 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Vitaline TREMBLAY

Born: 3 March 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Eugenie TREMBLAY

Born: 19 November 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 5 August 1856, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Philomene TREMBLAY

Born: 22 January 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
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Birth — 1813
22 October 1813
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 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Gregoire TREMBLAY and Hermine TREMBLAY 13 August 1839, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Edouard TREMBLAY was born 3 May 1845, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 31 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 26 June 1848, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 34 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Birth of Child
Vitaline TREMBLAY was born 3 March 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 37 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Eugenie TREMBLAY was born 19 November 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 39 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 5 August 1856, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 42 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

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene TREMBLAY was born 22 January 1859, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Gregoire was 45 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Edouard TREMBLAY married 23 August 1864, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Christine TRUCHON

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.

1869 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 3 August 1869, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Anne TRUCHON

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 28 July 1874, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marie-Malvina HARVEY

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)

1881 Marriage of Child
Edouard TREMBLAY married 22 November 1881, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Anne TRUCHON

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.