Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY

Born

14 December 1812 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

16 May 1891 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Barthelemy TREMBLAY Rose BOLDUC

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Born: 14 December 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Barthelemy TREMBLAY

Mother: Rose BOLDUC

Paternal grandparents: Honore-Saveur TREMBLAY , Marie-Agathe GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BOLDUC , Emerance BOUCHARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Sophie GOBEIL 18 January 1842 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Sophie GOBEIL was born 21 March 1814 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Sophie was the child of Louis GOBEIL and Josephte BOUCHARD.

Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY died 16 May 1891 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY married

Sophie GOBEIL
Marriage date: 18 January 1842
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Sophie GOBEIL was the child of Louis GOBEIL and Josephte BOUCHARD

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Children of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Sophie GOBEIL

Marie TREMBLAY

Born: 16 September 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 17 November 1885, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Edouard TREMBLAY

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

Married: Marie-Luce SIMARD 26 August 1873 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: 19 February 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 3 March 1895, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Philomene BOUCHARD 16 January 1877 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Cedulie TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1848, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Clementine TREMBLAY

Born: 21 December 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: 7 October 1935, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1812
14 December 1812
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Sophie GOBEIL 18 January 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Marie TREMBLAY was born 16 September 1842, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 19 February 1846, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Clementine TREMBLAY was born 21 December 1851, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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.

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.

1873 Marriage of Child
Edouard TREMBLAY married 26 August 1873, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Luce SIMARD

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 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 16 January 1877, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Marie-Philomene BOUCHARD

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)