Luce FORTIN

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3 March 1819 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

17 July 1885 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Abraham FORTIN Judith TREMBLAY

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Born: 3 March 1819 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Abraham FORTIN

Mother: Judith TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François FORTIN , Marie-Pelagie-Catherine BOILY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY , Ursule COTE

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

Luce married Abraham TREMBLAY 21 September 1841 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 6 April 1816 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Abraham died 26 December 1895 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Abraham was the child of Ambroise TREMBLAY and Marcelline TREMBLAY.

Luce FORTIN died 17 July 1885 in La Baie, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Abraham TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 21 September 1841
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Abraham TREMBLAY was the child of Ambroise TREMBLAY and Marcelline TREMBLAY

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Children of Abraham TREMBLAY and Luce FORTIN

Adolphe TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1841, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Adele COTE 21 January 1862 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Vitaline TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Abraham TREMBLAY

Born: 21 June 1845, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Emilie MALTAIS 6 April 1875 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 4 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Armilda-Evangeline TREMBLAY

Born: 25 February 1855, La Baie, Canada East
Died: ,

Anne TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1819
3 March 1819
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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
Luce FORTIN and Abraham TREMBLAY 21 September 1841, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 22 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Abraham TREMBLAY was born 21 June 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Luce was 26 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 4 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Luce was 30 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
Marie-Armilda-Evangeline TREMBLAY was born 25 February 1855, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Luce was 36 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

1862 Marriage of Child
Adolphe TREMBLAY married 21 January 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Marie-Adele COTE

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.