François TREMBLAY

Born

17 November 1823 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Lower Canada

Died

29 July 1904 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

François married Seraphine BOUCHARD 27 August 1850 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Seraphine BOUCHARD was born 6 September 1834 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Seraphine died 26 March 1916 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada . Seraphine was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD and Beatrice BOUCHARD .

Parents & Family of François TREMBLAY

Parents of François TREMBLAY

Father

Joseph-Louis TREMBLAY

Mother

Marie HARVEY

Grandparents of François TREMBLAY

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Honore TREMBLAY Agnes GUAY

Maternal grandparents

Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) Madeleine DUFOUR

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François TREMBLAY

François TREMBLAY married

Seraphine BOUCHARD
Marriage date: 27 August 1850
Marriage place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Seraphine BOUCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD and Beatrice BOUCHARD

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Children of François TREMBLAY and Seraphine BOUCHARD

Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 27 September 1852, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: ,

Timothee TREMBLAY

Born: 7 January 1855, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: 13 September 1940, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Georgianna TREMBLAY

Born: 16 July 1857, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: ,

Eliud TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1859, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 February 1893, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Marie-Elise TREMBLAY

Born: 22 September 1867, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: ,

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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 — 1823
17 November 1823
Isle-aux-Coudres, 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 - 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)

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

1850 Marriage / Partner
François TREMBLAY and Seraphine BOUCHARD 27 August 1850, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

He was 26 years old.

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

1852 Birth of Child
Louise TREMBLAY was born 27 September 1852, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 28 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Timothee TREMBLAY was born 7 January 1855, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 31 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Georgianna TREMBLAY was born 16 July 1857, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 33 years old.

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

1867 Birth of Child
Marie-Elise TREMBLAY was born 22 September 1867, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 43 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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

1893 Death of Child
Eliud TREMBLAY died 2 February 1893, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

François was 69 years old.

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)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

Death — 1904
29 July 1904
Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 80.

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