Adelaide FORTIN

Born

31 December 1822 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

8 January 1895 , Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste FORTIN Rose BOUCHARD

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Born: 31 December 1822 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste FORTIN

Mother: Rose BOUCHARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie FORTIN , Catherine-Felicite SIMARD

Maternal grandparents: Victor-Samson BOUCHARD , Marie-Anne-Madeleine TREMBLAY

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

Adelaide married Francois TREMBLAY 7 September 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Francois TREMBLAY was born 29 January 1816 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Francois died 12 April 1896 in Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of Gregoire TREMBLAY and Agnes PERRON.

Adelaide FORTIN died 8 January 1895 in Saint-Placide, Québec, Canada.
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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.

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Adelaide FORTIN married

Francois TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 7 September 1841
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East

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Francois TREMBLAY was the child of Gregoire TREMBLAY and Agnes PERRON

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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)

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Birth — 1822
31 December 1822
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide FORTIN and Francois TREMBLAY 7 September 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 18 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)

Adelaide was 20 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)

Adelaide was 21 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)

Adelaide was 29 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