Francois TREMBLAY

Born

29 January 1816 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

12 April 1896 , Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Francois TREMBLAY

Explore parents, grandparents, spouses, children, and the family connections surrounding Francois TREMBLAY.

Parents

Gregoire TREMBLAY Agnes PERRON

Grandparents

Explore grandparents

Spouse & Children

View family relationships1 recorded relationship(s)

Family Tree

Open family tree View pedigree chart

Born: 29 January 1816 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Father: Gregoire TREMBLAY

Mother: Agnes PERRON

Paternal grandparents: Godefroy TREMBLAY , Marie-Felicite LAJOIE

Maternal grandparents: François PERRON , Geneviève GAGNON

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

Francois married Adelaide FORTIN 7 September 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Adelaide FORTIN was born 31 December 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Adelaide died 8 January 1895 in Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Rose BOUCHARD.

Francois TREMBLAY died 12 April 1896 in Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Francois appear below.

Tremblay Family Legacy - Ceramic Mug 11 ounce

Introducing the Tremblay Family Legacy Mug, a tribute to the rich heritage of the NUMBER ONE SURNAME IN QUEBEC! Did you know that all the Tremblays in North America are descended from ONE couple (Pierre Tremblay and Ozanne Achon)?

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

A Glimpse into the Everyday Life of a Québécois Man in the Mid-1800s

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Spouse & Children of Francois TREMBLAY

Hide Family & Children

Francois TREMBLAY married

Adelaide FORTIN
Marriage date: 7 September 1841
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

See marriage record for Francois TREMBLAY and Adelaide FORTIN
Adelaide FORTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIN and Rose BOUCHARD

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

Children of Francois TREMBLAY and Adelaide FORTIN

Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY

Born: 1 April 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Celina GUAY 31 August 1869 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marcelline TREMBLAY

Born: 16 October 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Elmire TREMBLAY

Born: 24 March 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 2 July 1931, Alma, Québec, Canada

Married: Justinien TREMBLAY 14 February 1871 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Francois TREMBLAY.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Francois TREMBLAY.

Hide Life & Records

How to read this timeline
Records about Francois TREMBLAY and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Birth — 1816
29 January 1816
Les Éboulements, 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)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Marriage / Partner
Francois TREMBLAY and Adelaide FORTIN 7 September 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY was born 1 April 1843, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 27 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Marcelline TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1844, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 28 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)

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

1852 Birth of Child
Elmire TREMBLAY was born 24 March 1852, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Francois was 36 years old.

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.

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
Guillaume (William) TREMBLAY married 31 August 1869, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Celina GUAY

1871 Marriage of Child
Elmire TREMBLAY married 14 February 1871, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Justinien TREMBLAY

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)

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