Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

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13 December 1815 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

22 April 1899 , Québec Province, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY Marguerite HARVEY

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Born: 13 December 1815 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Mother: Marguerite HARVEY

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume-Isidore TREMBLAY , Madeleine DESBIENS

Maternal grandparents: Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) , Madeleine DUFOUR

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Jean-Baptiste married Leocadie MALTAIS 11 February 1839 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Leocadie MALTAIS was born 11 March 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie died 12 January 1880 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Leocadie was the child of Jean MALTAIS and Marguerite BELLEY.

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY died 22 April 1899 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Leocadie MALTAIS
Marriage date: 11 February 1839
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Leocadie MALTAIS was the child of Jean MALTAIS and Marguerite BELLEY

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Leocadie MALTAIS

Dosithee TREMBLAY

Born: 20 February 1840, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 12 November 1906, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Domitilde TREMBLAY

Born: 21 November 1841, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 8 December 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 19 October 1843, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 11 November 1888, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Married: Demerise GAGNON 27 January 1863 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Leandre TREMBLAY

Born: 26 October 1845, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Emelie ASSELIN 25 October 1870 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY

Born: 3 December 1847, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Darie TREMBLAY

Born: 6 November 1849, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 3 March 1855, La Malbaie, Canada East

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born: 25 February 1854, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise BOILY 25 August 1874 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Thomas TREMBLAY

Born: 3 September 1856, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: 29 May 1858, La Malbaie, Canada East

Gonzague TREMBLAY

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

Marie-Carmel TREMBLAY

Born: 23 September 1858, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

Pamphile TREMBLAY

Born: 13 April 1861, La Malbaie, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1815
13 December 1815
La Malbaie, 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
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Leocadie MALTAIS 11 February 1839, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Dosithee TREMBLAY was born 20 February 1840, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Domitilde TREMBLAY was born 21 November 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 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
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 19 October 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1843 Death of Child
Domitilde TREMBLAY died 8 December 1843, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Leandre TREMBLAY was born 26 October 1845, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier TREMBLAY was born 3 December 1847, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Darie TREMBLAY was born 6 November 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1854 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY was born 25 February 1854, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1855 Death of Child
Marie-Darie TREMBLAY died 3 March 1855, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY was born 3 September 1856, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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

1858 Death of Child
Thomas TREMBLAY died 29 May 1858, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Carmel TREMBLAY was born 23 September 1858, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Pamphile TREMBLAY was born 13 April 1861, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1863 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 27 January 1863, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Demerise GAGNON

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.

1870 Marriage of Child
Leandre TREMBLAY married 25 October 1870, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Emelie ASSELIN

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

1874 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married 25 August 1874, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Marie-Louise BOILY

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)

1880 Death of Spouse/Partner
Leocadie MALTAIS died 12 January 1880, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.

1888 Death of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY died 11 November 1888, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Jean-Baptiste was 72 years old.

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

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

Death — 1899
22 April 1899
Québec Province, Canada
He died at the age of 83.

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