Madeleine DUCHESNE

Born

29 September 1813 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Died

8 September 1875 , Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Madeleine married Germain TREMBLAY 17 November 1840 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Germain TREMBLAY was born 23 November 1818 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . Germain died 17 March 1904 in St-Tite-des-Caps, Canada. Germain was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite PERRON .

Parents & Family of Madeleine DUCHESNE

Parents of Madeleine DUCHESNE

Father

Joseph DUCHESNE

Mother

Madeleine TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Madeleine DUCHESNE

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste-Augustin DUCHESNE Francoise FILION

Maternal grandparents

Louis TREMBLAY Victoire SAVARD

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Madeleine DUCHESNE

Madeleine DUCHESNE married

Germain TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 17 November 1840
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Madeleine DUCHESNE and Germain TREMBLAY
Germain TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Marguerite PERRON

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

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Germain TREMBLAY and Madeleine DUCHESNE

Louise-Phedora TREMBLAY

Born: 29 May 1841, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 10 January 1916, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 30 March 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 15 September 1842, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Marie-Berthe-Berthilde TREMBLAY

Born: 1 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Josephte TREMBLAY

Born: 3 December 1845, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 17 February 1920, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada

Delphine TREMBLAY

Born: 6 April 1847, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Adelaide TREMBLAY

Born: 21 August 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 16 October 1849, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 3 December 1865, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Francois TREMBLAY

Born: 7 February 1851, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Louise SIMARD 16 February 1874 Place: Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada

Thomas TREMBLAY

Born: 18 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY

Born: 10 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: ,

Hermine TREMBLAY

Born: 27 June 1856, Les Éboulements, Canada East
Died: 25 January 1897, St-Tite-des-Caps, Quebec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Madeleine's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1813
29 September 1813
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 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DUCHESNE and Germain TREMBLAY 17 November 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 27 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

1841 Birth of Child
Louise-Phedora TREMBLAY was born 29 May 1841, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 27 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 30 March 1842, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 28 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Marie-Berthe-Berthilde TREMBLAY was born 1 October 1843, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 30 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Josephte TREMBLAY was born 3 December 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 32 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 6 April 1847, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 33 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 21 August 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 34 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 16 October 1849, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 36 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Francois TREMBLAY was born 7 February 1851, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 18 June 1852, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 38 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite TREMBLAY was born 10 January 1854, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 40 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Hermine TREMBLAY was born 27 June 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 3 December 1865, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Madeleine was 52 years old.

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.